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Authors Note: Here's chapter four guys, hope you like it! Thanks for all the reviews.
-Chapter Four-
Harry, Draco and Ron were walking down a corridor when a shout suddenly made them, and other people, stop and turn around.
"MALFOY!"
"What did I do this time?" Draco asked.
"It wasn't me." Harry said.
A second later James came round a corner with a green and silver owl on his shoulder. Sirius, Remus, Peter and Lily were walking after him, trying to talk him away from whatever he was about to do.
The Slytherin's in the corridor, among them a young Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape, began laughing so hard that they had to hold onto other students as not to fall.
"What the Hell did you do to my owl, Malfoy?!" James demanded, standing in front of the other boy.
"Decorated him." Malfoy replied. "You see, we thought that it was boring with only one-colour owls, so we decided to spice it up." He continued while mentioning to other Slytherin's in the corridor.
"What we, Malfoy?" A Slytherin girl asked. "There was only you."
"Trustworthy Slytherins, eh?" Harry asked Draco who just smiled apologetically.
"Now we know where you got the idea of colouring Hedwig green and silver." Ron said.
In front of them the students had made a ring round Malfoy and James and were cheering them on. Sooner or later a fight was going to break out, even a blind person could have seen that.
"Should we break this up?" Ron asked.
"I don't know," Draco said. "My father does deserve a good beating."
"We'll break it up." Harry said and the other two looked at him. "Remember, I've been giving lessons to James and he to the rest of the gang."
"Good point."
James was so angry. The Slytherins and the Marauders played lots of pranks on each other but none of them had ever done something to the other parts owls. If a spell was cast wrongly the owl could get permanently hurt or get killed. He already knew that Platon, his owl, was deadly damaged.
He and Malfoy were standing right in front of each other, with their wands out. Lily, who had become good friends with the Marauders, was holding Platon.
The other students cheering began to disappear as something came closer. The feeling of ancient magic that was not to be fooled with, scared them, and they parted for Harry, Ron and Draco. All three of them were giving off this feeling and the students began to respect them even more than before.
James didn't seem able to move when Harry reached out and took his wand from his hand. It was as though he had been hit with a Stunner or something. It was the same with Malfoy, he noted. Suddenly he snapped out of the spell, or whatever it was, and looked at his empty had in shock, not finding his wand there.
Harry had turned to Lily who was standing off on one of the sidelines and was watching with growing respect as he came towards her. There was something about him that demanded respect.
She gave away Platon willingly as Harry stretched out his arm. The owl managed to get over into his hands, then it collapsed. It hooted weakly, as if it was apologising. Harry hooted something back and put his hand lightly on the owls head. The hand began to glow golden and a few minutes later Platon was again perched on the shoulder of his owner, giving Malfoy evil looks.
"Ron," Harry said in calm anger. "Take the Marauders back to the Gryffindor common room. Draco, please take Mr Malfoy back to his common room. And Mr Potter, you are coming with me." His tone left no room for discussions.
James followed Harry silently. He had let the man down twice in as many days. He felt bad about it which was weird. He had only known Harry Hunter for a couple of months, and the man had somehow become his second father.
Harry stopped in the middle of the Quidditch pitch and turned to James. The aura of old, ancient magic and extreme danger was gone and was replaced with a feeling of great patience.
"I really screwed up, didn't I?" James asked after a while in silence.
"Yes you did." Was all Harry said.
"I was going to use everything you had taught me against him, Harry. I can't believe it. I've never wanted to kill anyone before, but now..."
"Kekki no yuu o imashimuru koto." Harry said. "You know what that means?" James shook his head. "It means: Avoid violent behaviour. If you ever get into Auror School the first thing they'll teach you is that and to respect your Sensei. They keep drilling you, 'till you know how to take every offence with a smile on your face. Then they move you to the real training."
"I didn't know they were that strict."
"Be glad you aren't in China or Japan. They're much worse there. Anyway, James you really have to control your anger. It only amuses your opponent when you loose your head. Try to take it cool and after a while they'll leave you alone, respecting you for your ability to take everything so easy."
"I'll try. And I'm sorry that I listened to you yesterday."
"Apology accepted. Sometimes it's useful to be curious, but you've got to know the difference when listening will lead to something good or bad." Harry said then grinned broadly to James. "I'm sure your father would have been proud of you." Then he left.
James stood there looking after him for a while then walked back to the castle.
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Harry's first class the next morning was Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff 1st years. The students carefully and silently entered, expecting him to blow up like a bomb.
Harry smiled in amusement. He had expected something as this after what had happened yesterday in the corridors, but it was still funny.
"Welcome to Defence Against the Dark Arts." He started. "I've been going over the files Professor Chipfluff left, and have discovered that you haven't even been over the basic things. Now, can anyone tell me what you did in the classes with Chipfluff?" a Ravenclaw boy raised his hand. "Yes Mr Aroson?"
"Well, Professor Hunter, all that we did where to read in our books on a subject. Not many of us understood all that was written." Clark Aroson said.
"I thought so, and please, call me Harry. I hate to be called 'Professor', 'Mr' or 'Hunter'. Now, we're going to start with kelpies. Can anyone tell me anything about them?"
The class went easily after that. When the students realised that he wasn't going to attack them, they became eager to answer and ask questions.
"Harry, when are we going to learn about how to defend us from nundus, dragons and their like?" Sara Amber, a Hufflepuff, asked.
"When you're old enough," Harry replied and was about to say something else when there was a knock at the door. "Come in!"
The door opened and four hooded figures entered. Harry recognised two of the uniforms as the Red Dragons, but he didn't recognise the last two. After them a lion walked in. It didn't seem to happy about something or other, but when it saw Harry it brightened up, ran over to him and sat down beside him.
//So this is where you've been all this time, Lightning!// the lion said telepathically. //We thought you had abandoned us!//
Harry looked at the lion in shock then at the four hooded people. He knew exactly who they where now.
"Care to explain what you are doing here?" he asked, then he quickly turned to the shocked students. "Class dismissed!" he said sharply and the students hurried out.
"You have a knack for teaching Harry." One of the hooded people said.
"Just tell me what you are doing here Neville," Harry replied. "And please don't tell me that you left the Order in the hands of Sirius."
"Ok, I'm not going to tell you then. Is it safe to talk?" Neville asked, bringing his hood down.
"I'll call Draco and Ron, then we'll talk in the Hogwarts kitchen. None will come down as it is lunch and the House Elves, well, you know how they are." Harry used his telepathic abilities to tell Ron and Draco where to meet. "Lets go. I hope you have a good reason for this."
"I think I have." Was the reply.
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"Ok, so what's the hurry to get us to the kitchen?" Draco asked. "Are the House Elves rebelling or something?"
"No, it's worse." Harry said then led the two inside.
In the kitchen Neville Longbottom, Raven the Vampire, Nicholas Wolf and Eminor D'xin the III, the king of the Elves, were being waited upon by eager House Elves. Raven looked a bit surprised when the House Elves offered him a cup of tea.
"You were right Harry," Ron said. "It's much worse. What are they doing here?!"
"I'm wondering about the same thing." Harry growled as the three of them sat down. "Now, who wants to begin the tale?"
"Well, we checked up on this Jim Campbell guy you told Draco about and found something quite interesting." Nicholas said. He would've been in his 7th year at Hogwarts if his mother hadn't been killed, his father had disappeared long ago. The Red Dragons had taken him in and had continued his education. "The guy was on vacation in Hawaii this year and was eaten by a shark while surfing. But when they examined his... er... body-parts, they found an enormous dose of coniin in his bloodstream. We thought you might be interested."
"That's how the three teachers were killed." Harry said. "That means that we've got one killer on the loose, and this killer likes to poison people. I'll bet you a weeklong vacation that the killer is the Jim Campbell that we have walking around now."
"Harry, you said that you didn't find any traces when you checked the three Black Snakes' rooms," Eminor said. "Couldn't Campbell have cleaned them while going through the castle to check if there were any other Black Snakes?"
"Damn! I didn't even think about that option! But that also means that the 'Aurors' he came with, were fake." Harry said.
Suddenly Neville was gone in a flash of bright light.
The House Elves looked shocked, but Harry quickly whipped their memories clean with a wave of his hand.
"Timed Time-Travel." Harry explained. "Now, what are the three of you doing here?" Harry asked Raven, Nicholas and Eminor, then he turned to the lion. //How did they manage to turn you into a lion, Shadow?//
//They didn't Lightning.// His transformed griffin friend said. //It seems as though I have the ability to do it. I think I've hung around you too much, and I'm going to continue doing it.//
//You'll never leave me alone when something's interesting, will you?// Harry asked in amusement.
//I'll follow and bug you like a thorn in the paw!// Shadow replied jokingly.
"I have some business with you," Raven said. "And besides, I thought you might need a Vampire here."
"If you want me to, I can be a transfer." Nicholas said. "Then I could be closer to your parents."
"Elf-magic is always welcome," Eminor said. "We can just say that Shadow's my friend."
"That might some in handy," Ron said. "Especially your idea Nicholas. Raven and Eminor could be good for education for the 7th years, no offence to any of you." He hurriedly added after seeing Ravens killer-glare.
"I'll fix the paper's for Nick's transfer." Draco said, got up and got out of the room. He still didn't feel comfortable with a Vampire in the same room.
"And I'll have some patients to check on," Ron said also getting up. "Harry, you really have to get hold of Madam Pomfrey soon, or I'm going mad. It seems as though every time I turn my back I have five new patients." Ron left after taking a sandwich from a platter offered to him by a House Elf.
"What are we going to do?" Raven asked.
"We're going to Dumbledore's office. I have to ask permission to have you live in class. Remember, the laws are a bit different now than in our own time." Harry said and the three of them left with a lion bringing up the rear.
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Well, what do you think? That Chinese or Japanese quote Harry said, I got from a Martial Arts net page, so it isn't mine.
I want to thank TatraMegami, Miranda Flairgold, Cindy, selena, Pampered Tigeress, bill weasly, Tinabina87, Janny, clingon87, Lily Evans, Unicar, Cirono Night and krystaldragon for reviewing. Thanks!
Authors Note: Here's chapter four guys, hope you like it! Thanks for all the reviews.
-Chapter Four-
Harry, Draco and Ron were walking down a corridor when a shout suddenly made them, and other people, stop and turn around.
"MALFOY!"
"What did I do this time?" Draco asked.
"It wasn't me." Harry said.
A second later James came round a corner with a green and silver owl on his shoulder. Sirius, Remus, Peter and Lily were walking after him, trying to talk him away from whatever he was about to do.
The Slytherin's in the corridor, among them a young Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape, began laughing so hard that they had to hold onto other students as not to fall.
"What the Hell did you do to my owl, Malfoy?!" James demanded, standing in front of the other boy.
"Decorated him." Malfoy replied. "You see, we thought that it was boring with only one-colour owls, so we decided to spice it up." He continued while mentioning to other Slytherin's in the corridor.
"What we, Malfoy?" A Slytherin girl asked. "There was only you."
"Trustworthy Slytherins, eh?" Harry asked Draco who just smiled apologetically.
"Now we know where you got the idea of colouring Hedwig green and silver." Ron said.
In front of them the students had made a ring round Malfoy and James and were cheering them on. Sooner or later a fight was going to break out, even a blind person could have seen that.
"Should we break this up?" Ron asked.
"I don't know," Draco said. "My father does deserve a good beating."
"We'll break it up." Harry said and the other two looked at him. "Remember, I've been giving lessons to James and he to the rest of the gang."
"Good point."
James was so angry. The Slytherins and the Marauders played lots of pranks on each other but none of them had ever done something to the other parts owls. If a spell was cast wrongly the owl could get permanently hurt or get killed. He already knew that Platon, his owl, was deadly damaged.
He and Malfoy were standing right in front of each other, with their wands out. Lily, who had become good friends with the Marauders, was holding Platon.
The other students cheering began to disappear as something came closer. The feeling of ancient magic that was not to be fooled with, scared them, and they parted for Harry, Ron and Draco. All three of them were giving off this feeling and the students began to respect them even more than before.
James didn't seem able to move when Harry reached out and took his wand from his hand. It was as though he had been hit with a Stunner or something. It was the same with Malfoy, he noted. Suddenly he snapped out of the spell, or whatever it was, and looked at his empty had in shock, not finding his wand there.
Harry had turned to Lily who was standing off on one of the sidelines and was watching with growing respect as he came towards her. There was something about him that demanded respect.
She gave away Platon willingly as Harry stretched out his arm. The owl managed to get over into his hands, then it collapsed. It hooted weakly, as if it was apologising. Harry hooted something back and put his hand lightly on the owls head. The hand began to glow golden and a few minutes later Platon was again perched on the shoulder of his owner, giving Malfoy evil looks.
"Ron," Harry said in calm anger. "Take the Marauders back to the Gryffindor common room. Draco, please take Mr Malfoy back to his common room. And Mr Potter, you are coming with me." His tone left no room for discussions.
James followed Harry silently. He had let the man down twice in as many days. He felt bad about it which was weird. He had only known Harry Hunter for a couple of months, and the man had somehow become his second father.
Harry stopped in the middle of the Quidditch pitch and turned to James. The aura of old, ancient magic and extreme danger was gone and was replaced with a feeling of great patience.
"I really screwed up, didn't I?" James asked after a while in silence.
"Yes you did." Was all Harry said.
"I was going to use everything you had taught me against him, Harry. I can't believe it. I've never wanted to kill anyone before, but now..."
"Kekki no yuu o imashimuru koto." Harry said. "You know what that means?" James shook his head. "It means: Avoid violent behaviour. If you ever get into Auror School the first thing they'll teach you is that and to respect your Sensei. They keep drilling you, 'till you know how to take every offence with a smile on your face. Then they move you to the real training."
"I didn't know they were that strict."
"Be glad you aren't in China or Japan. They're much worse there. Anyway, James you really have to control your anger. It only amuses your opponent when you loose your head. Try to take it cool and after a while they'll leave you alone, respecting you for your ability to take everything so easy."
"I'll try. And I'm sorry that I listened to you yesterday."
"Apology accepted. Sometimes it's useful to be curious, but you've got to know the difference when listening will lead to something good or bad." Harry said then grinned broadly to James. "I'm sure your father would have been proud of you." Then he left.
James stood there looking after him for a while then walked back to the castle.
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Harry's first class the next morning was Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff 1st years. The students carefully and silently entered, expecting him to blow up like a bomb.
Harry smiled in amusement. He had expected something as this after what had happened yesterday in the corridors, but it was still funny.
"Welcome to Defence Against the Dark Arts." He started. "I've been going over the files Professor Chipfluff left, and have discovered that you haven't even been over the basic things. Now, can anyone tell me what you did in the classes with Chipfluff?" a Ravenclaw boy raised his hand. "Yes Mr Aroson?"
"Well, Professor Hunter, all that we did where to read in our books on a subject. Not many of us understood all that was written." Clark Aroson said.
"I thought so, and please, call me Harry. I hate to be called 'Professor', 'Mr' or 'Hunter'. Now, we're going to start with kelpies. Can anyone tell me anything about them?"
The class went easily after that. When the students realised that he wasn't going to attack them, they became eager to answer and ask questions.
"Harry, when are we going to learn about how to defend us from nundus, dragons and their like?" Sara Amber, a Hufflepuff, asked.
"When you're old enough," Harry replied and was about to say something else when there was a knock at the door. "Come in!"
The door opened and four hooded figures entered. Harry recognised two of the uniforms as the Red Dragons, but he didn't recognise the last two. After them a lion walked in. It didn't seem to happy about something or other, but when it saw Harry it brightened up, ran over to him and sat down beside him.
//So this is where you've been all this time, Lightning!// the lion said telepathically. //We thought you had abandoned us!//
Harry looked at the lion in shock then at the four hooded people. He knew exactly who they where now.
"Care to explain what you are doing here?" he asked, then he quickly turned to the shocked students. "Class dismissed!" he said sharply and the students hurried out.
"You have a knack for teaching Harry." One of the hooded people said.
"Just tell me what you are doing here Neville," Harry replied. "And please don't tell me that you left the Order in the hands of Sirius."
"Ok, I'm not going to tell you then. Is it safe to talk?" Neville asked, bringing his hood down.
"I'll call Draco and Ron, then we'll talk in the Hogwarts kitchen. None will come down as it is lunch and the House Elves, well, you know how they are." Harry used his telepathic abilities to tell Ron and Draco where to meet. "Lets go. I hope you have a good reason for this."
"I think I have." Was the reply.
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"Ok, so what's the hurry to get us to the kitchen?" Draco asked. "Are the House Elves rebelling or something?"
"No, it's worse." Harry said then led the two inside.
In the kitchen Neville Longbottom, Raven the Vampire, Nicholas Wolf and Eminor D'xin the III, the king of the Elves, were being waited upon by eager House Elves. Raven looked a bit surprised when the House Elves offered him a cup of tea.
"You were right Harry," Ron said. "It's much worse. What are they doing here?!"
"I'm wondering about the same thing." Harry growled as the three of them sat down. "Now, who wants to begin the tale?"
"Well, we checked up on this Jim Campbell guy you told Draco about and found something quite interesting." Nicholas said. He would've been in his 7th year at Hogwarts if his mother hadn't been killed, his father had disappeared long ago. The Red Dragons had taken him in and had continued his education. "The guy was on vacation in Hawaii this year and was eaten by a shark while surfing. But when they examined his... er... body-parts, they found an enormous dose of coniin in his bloodstream. We thought you might be interested."
"That's how the three teachers were killed." Harry said. "That means that we've got one killer on the loose, and this killer likes to poison people. I'll bet you a weeklong vacation that the killer is the Jim Campbell that we have walking around now."
"Harry, you said that you didn't find any traces when you checked the three Black Snakes' rooms," Eminor said. "Couldn't Campbell have cleaned them while going through the castle to check if there were any other Black Snakes?"
"Damn! I didn't even think about that option! But that also means that the 'Aurors' he came with, were fake." Harry said.
Suddenly Neville was gone in a flash of bright light.
The House Elves looked shocked, but Harry quickly whipped their memories clean with a wave of his hand.
"Timed Time-Travel." Harry explained. "Now, what are the three of you doing here?" Harry asked Raven, Nicholas and Eminor, then he turned to the lion. //How did they manage to turn you into a lion, Shadow?//
//They didn't Lightning.// His transformed griffin friend said. //It seems as though I have the ability to do it. I think I've hung around you too much, and I'm going to continue doing it.//
//You'll never leave me alone when something's interesting, will you?// Harry asked in amusement.
//I'll follow and bug you like a thorn in the paw!// Shadow replied jokingly.
"I have some business with you," Raven said. "And besides, I thought you might need a Vampire here."
"If you want me to, I can be a transfer." Nicholas said. "Then I could be closer to your parents."
"Elf-magic is always welcome," Eminor said. "We can just say that Shadow's my friend."
"That might some in handy," Ron said. "Especially your idea Nicholas. Raven and Eminor could be good for education for the 7th years, no offence to any of you." He hurriedly added after seeing Ravens killer-glare.
"I'll fix the paper's for Nick's transfer." Draco said, got up and got out of the room. He still didn't feel comfortable with a Vampire in the same room.
"And I'll have some patients to check on," Ron said also getting up. "Harry, you really have to get hold of Madam Pomfrey soon, or I'm going mad. It seems as though every time I turn my back I have five new patients." Ron left after taking a sandwich from a platter offered to him by a House Elf.
"What are we going to do?" Raven asked.
"We're going to Dumbledore's office. I have to ask permission to have you live in class. Remember, the laws are a bit different now than in our own time." Harry said and the three of them left with a lion bringing up the rear.
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Well, what do you think? That Chinese or Japanese quote Harry said, I got from a Martial Arts net page, so it isn't mine.
I want to thank TatraMegami, Miranda Flairgold, Cindy, selena, Pampered Tigeress, bill weasly, Tinabina87, Janny, clingon87, Lily Evans, Unicar, Cirono Night and krystaldragon for reviewing. Thanks!