Just 1 Little Change...
Disclaimer: They aren't mine!!!!!! No matter how I beg JK wont give them to me!!!!!!!!! And the only one I really wanted was Draco!! ::Sigh:: oh well...
A/N: Actually I really don't have much to say, for the first time in this stories life...
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Harry walked towards DADA, marveling that he hadn't gotten lost yet. Although he was usually able to find his way to classes now, he was still often late. It was very easy to get lost at a magical school. The staircases liked to move around, sometimes a new one appeared only on Fridays or there was a trick stair on Wednesday. Some doors wouldn't opened unless you asked politely and some weren't doors at all, only walls pretending to be doors. Also the pictures liked to visit each other, as did the suites of armor. After 2 weeks though, Harry was finding it fairly simple to get to classes on time.
He passed his Slytherin friend, Draco, and waved at him from across the hall. Draco smiled and waved back before hurrying towards Transfiguration. Draco would often sit with Harry and company during meals, claiming that the Slytherins got very boring after awhile. The rest of the Gryffindors soon accepted that he would be sitting at their table no matter what the did. Although very few would actually talk to him, for the most part they had stopped throwing him dirty looks every 2 minutes. The Slytherins were still mad at Draco for becoming friends with Gryffindors, but they knew better then to argue with Malfoy, so they kept their mouths shut and accepted him into their group. All except Blaise of course. Harry and Draco had become quite good friends in the last two weeks, Harry might even say that he liked Draco better than Ron, although Ron and him were very close also. Draco was the least comfortable around Hermione. She pushed him the wrong way sometimes, she was always looking things up in books. Hermione was friends with Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil as well as with the boys trio. She was closest with Ron. They were continually arguing, although it rarely turned into an actual fight.
Harry snapped out of his daydream and walked into the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. He smiled, this was his favorite class. It was very interesting. Professor Lupin was a great teacher, despite his shabby robes. He often held practical classes, much to the delight of the students. Even Draco, who hardly ever had anything good to say about the teachers, liked his class.
Harry walked into the room and sat down next to Ron and Hermione. Ron smiled at him and continued to desperately try to finish his homework and ignore Hermione's taunts and scolding. Harry smiled and looked around the room. The late bell rang and Lupin looked up from a piece of paper he was grading and stood up.
"Hello class. You may put away your books today, we are having a practical lesson today."
Everyone smiled excitedly and scurried to put their books away.
"Now today we are going to learn about pixies. These little creatures are very mischievous things, but if you do the right spells and outsmart them, they can be very helpful. Pixies can do a variety of different things, depending on the specific one. Most can just do the average healing and helpful charms, but a few can have very spectacular powers. Some of the more rare and powerful pixies have been known to be able to tell the future accurately and even a /very/ few are able to enhance your magical ability. Now I highly doubt that any of these pixies will have these powers, and even if they do, it is highly unlikely that you will be able to subdue or trick them into helping you. The more powerful ones are very tricky you see and you have to outwit a pixie before they will help you in any way."
Many quills were scratching throughout Lupin's speech and Lupin suddenly seemed to notice.
"In case you guys were wondering, you do not have to take notes on the pixies. They are simply a learning experience."
There was a round of thankful sighs and everyone put away their parchment. Lupin continued.
"Today each one of you will have a chance to deal one-on-one with a pixie. I will be selecting you one by one to go into the small room next door. I have put a spying charm onto the room, so I will later be able to see and hear how you deal with your pixie. Once you are inside, a single pixie will be released into your room. They are chosen at random and some of you will have harder pixies to deal with than others. When you are in the room, please try to relax. Pixies are absolute devils unless you manage to outsmart them. When they are first released I expect that they will try to scare you or make you mad. They are known to pull hair and steal as much as they can. You will be left to your own means to deal with them, whatever they are doing. If you manage to make them stop harassing you, I shall be satisfied. The next thing they will most likely start trying to curse you and/or challenge your wit. They are very cunning with their spells, but they can only do simple curses, nothing that will permanently harm you in anyway. If you manage to beat them again you are a very good wizard. I highly doubt you will manage to do that. If you do then they will help you in anyway the can. Whether it be healing someone you know, or yourself, or telling the future."
Many people in the class were squirming and looking nervous. Neville was pale and gripping his wand hard. Harry smiled a little. Although he was nervous, he wasn't terrified. After all, the pixies couldn't do any real harm to them.
Lupin looked around the classroom and smiled.
"ok, any questions?"
Nobody answered.
"Good, then lets see, who will go first? Any volunteers?"
Hermione looked around, then nervously raised her hand. Lupin smiled reassuringly at her.
"Thank you Hermione. 3 points to Gryffindor. Now will you come with me? Good, just step into this room here. Thank you, now when I close the door a random pixie will appear inside, ok?"
Hermione smiled nervously and nodded her head.
"Ok, good. Now in you go."
Hermione opened the door, then closed it firmly.
Lupin smiled at the rest of the class.
"ok, is there any volunteers to go next? Remember you are being taped so I will know if you try to torture the pixie or anything like that. Nobody wants to go?"
Everyone looked away.
"Ok then, Dean your next."
Dean made a grimace, then nodded.
Hermione walked out to the room 2 minutes later, smiling very broadly. Lupin smiled back.
"Well young lady, how did you do?"
Hermione flushed a little and said meekly. "I managed to get it to help me. It healed a nasty cut I had on my leg."
Lupin looked extremely proud.
"Well done young lady! You are very smart indeed. 5 points to Gryffindor!"
Hermione blushed at the compliment and sat down next to Harry.
Harry smiled at her.
"Great job Hermione! You earned us 7 points already!"
"Thanks" she whispered, then she watched Dean go in.
Lupin looked around for his next victim. He smiled.
"Potter, your next."
Harry groaned inwardly but nodded his head and started thinking of spells he could use to help him against the pixie.
"lets see, I could /stupefy/ it if it got too out of hand, then revive it. Or I could maybe /accio/ it into my hand. That would be odd. Or lets see, what other spells do I know? I could use the defense spell Malfoy showed me, /forsvar/, that should stop most spells it throws at me during the second level. Lets see, some charms for it. Malfoy showed me the tickling charm, full-body bind, jelly legs, lockjaw, er, oh that's enough." Harry was muttering to himself without even realizing it.
Suddenly Dean walked out of the small room, looking moderately pleased. Lupin looked up at him.
"Well, how did it go Dean? Manage the first level."
Dean nodded.
"ya, I got through the first level fine. It was just the second level that was too hard. It put the-"
Lupin cut him off.
"Sorry Dean but you cant tell anyone what charms it used, that would be an unfair advantage. Harry, your up. You ready?"
Harry looked at Lupin, then smiled and nodded his head, putting on a carefree expression. Inside though, he was a little scared. What if he didn't even make it past the first level?!
He walked confidently through the doorway and sat down in a blue chair sitting in the middle of a bare room. As soon as he sat down Lupin's voice echoed through the small room.
"Ok Harry, you ready?" Harry nodded and gripped his wand tightly in his hand.
"Ok, I'm going to release the pixie soon Harry. As soon as I do the recording charm should kick in so I can watch how you did later. Ready, go!"
A small silver-blue blur sped into the room and immediately rushed upon Harry's head. He felt small hands on his hair and suddenly the pixie started flying up. It was very strong! He felt his hair being ripped out. Harry groaned and slapped at the silver blur he could vaguely see floating above him. His hand found its target. The little pixie let go and spiraled towards the floor, one of its wings slightly bent.
Harry was stunned, he didn't think he would actually hit the little thing! It was going to die, that wouldn't go too well with Lupin. Harry jumped out of his chair and dived towards the pixie with quick reflexes he didn't even know he had. Before he had even thought about what he was doing he felt the little thing hit his palm and was up on his feet. He sat back down on the little chair surprised. How did he move so quickly? Oh well, better make sure the pixie was ok.
He looked down at the little thing in his hands. There was a little lady sitting stunned on his hand. Or at least she looked a little bit like a woman. Her hair was a silver-green, her face had clear slyness and mischief printed all over it. Her dress was a pale blue, only a shade different than her skin color. Her whole being glowed with a sort of radiance. Harry was not sure what to make of this being. She looked beautiful, yet utterly wild. The light that surrounded her was a bright radiant color, yet it looked very, strange, was the only real word for it.
She stood up suddenly and examined her delicate wings. She seemed to decide they were fine and looked up for the first time. For a split second her face was totally surprised and innocent before it became wild and mischievous again.
"What are you looking at boy?!" she said, her voice loud and strong.
"Nothing." Harry replied, to stunned to think of any witty remark.
She smiled and then, quick as a flash, disappeared. Harry looked around and saw a silver flash on the other side of the room. That was where the spell came from. A red beam came straight at him. Luckily he, again acted on instinct, diving out of the way. Although he knew that the pixie couldn't actually harm him, if he was hit by the body-binding curse his chances would be over. And since he was on level 2 already, he might as well try to defeat the pixie.
Harry swirled around until he saw the tell-tale flash of silver directly behind him. He kept his eyes looking around the room, as if he couldn't see the pixie, then sent the first spell that came to his mind.
"/Stupefy/!" The spell hit the pixie head on, causing her to drift lazily towards the ground. When she had reached the floor Harry rushed over to her fallen body and gently picked her up.
He aimed his wand at the small body and put the full body-binding curse on her, then quietly woke her up.
The pixies eyes opened suddenly and she immediately tried to move, to no anvil. She seemed to draw into herself then, gathering something inside of her, every muscle in her tiny body taut with concentration. Then she seemed to hurdle some invisible force at, well it seemed, at the spell itself. She looked pleased and sure of herself and tried again to get up. Again she failed. Her mischievous face lit, for a split second, with pure disbelief. Then she seemed to gain control of herself and spat out.
"Boy, what are you doing to me? You know I have enough power in me to almost destroy you utterly? Why do you mock me with such simple charms?"
Harry looked back at the little demon in front of him non-plussed.
"If its such a small curse, how come you can get free?"
Her face tightened for a second and she muttered almost incoherently under her breath.
"That's what I would like to know. He shouldn't be nearly strong enough in his magic to hold me down! Must be a malfunction in my spells."
"Or I could be stronger than you think." Harry said fiercely.
The pixie looked surprised for the second time that day.
"You heard me? But, I used magic to cover..." Her words changed suddenly into another language, one Harry could not understand.
"Anyway, since I caught you, you have to do whatever you can to help me or whatever."
The pixie looked up at him, a crafty smile playing on her face.
"There is no way you did this by yourself. Your teacher must have known somehow I was a rare pixie, one of the few who can tell the future. If fact, I can prove you didn't do it. If you did once you say the words /accentrum limpieri/ I should go into a trance and tell you about your future. So, lets prove this for the tapes you teacher is taking. Go on, say the words."
Harry looked at he suspiciously, but then hesitantly said "Accentrum Limpieri."
The pixie's face twisted into a victorious smile for a split second, then all emotion left her. Her back became straight and her face was blank of any emotion.
"He is coming. Horrible danger follows you Harry Potter. If you do not act you will surely be killed before the year is over. For he rises, greater and stronger than ever before. He has killed your father, and now, as we speak he is lying low, plotting your death. Pain, torture it will be. He will see to that. Even if you manage to survive, the pain will be great. But heed these warnings and perhaps you will survive. Danger is coming in the same form as it did before. Horrible, evil betrayal has endured. It has destroyed once and will do so again. Prepare yourself for hard times. Do whatever you can to be prepared. I see death and agony. The only way you can live Harry is to stand strong. Do not break, do not let the enemy win easily by ending your own life. For if you stand strong hope lays beyond. Take head Harry, beware of danger and stand strong. Do whatever you can to help yourself beforehand and remember, after the time of despair, hope and kindness runs strong. Stay strong and happiness lays beyond."
Harry had been staring at the pixie, horror-struck during the whole prophecy. Suddenly she relaxed again, the mischief crept slowly into her face again. She looked angry and almost sad.
"You did it yourself. You defeated me yourself, a mere boy. How do you like that. I will probably be banned now. Stupid fuc----" Her voice trailed off and ran together into endless muttering. Suddenly she seemed to realize that Harry wasn't responding. She looked up into his horror-stricken face.
"Oh god, did I predict another bad thing again? I hate when that happens, let me guess, your beautiful girlfriend is going to dump you and leave with your best friend. Happens all the time. Sickingly stupid if you ask me, love is. Why one time..." her voice trailed off again. Suddenly Harry seemed to snap out of his trance.
"Oh sorry, here, you can leave now." Harry took the curse off of the little pixie, who looked at him for a second, as if contemplating whether or not to play one last trick on him, but seeing his mood, she decided against it and flew through the ceiling.
Harry walked up to the door and turned the handle woodenly, his mind seemed to have shut down.
Lupin looked up from his desk and smiled at Harry.
"So, how did it go Harry, you were in there a very long time."
Harry looked at Lupin rather vacantly.
"Good Professor, I got the pixie to help me and it, well it told the future. But there is something very important it told me, I have to see Dumbledore now."
Lupin looked at Harry blankly, but finally sighed and said quietly.
"Ok Harry, but please tell me, what did it say about you? Was it anything important?"
Harry looked pleadingly at Lupin.
"Please sir, it was very important, that is why I have to see Dumbledore now. If I try hard, I can possibly prevent it. Please, watch the tape if you want to know what it said, I have to go now."
Lupin looked rather offended but he realized that Harry must be telling the truth.
"Ok Potter, but if I hear that you didn't go to Dumbledore's office you will be in serious trouble. I am trusting you against my better judgment, but you may go."
Harry smiled wanly at Lupin.
"Thank you so much sir, you wont regret it. Will you please bring the tape to Dumbledore later today? I believe he will want to see it."
Lupin nodded and motioned Harry out. Harry walked woodenly out of the classroom, and down to Dumbledore's office. Although he hadn't ever been there before, he had once caught Dumbledore going into his office by muttering lemon drops to the gargoyle statue in the second corridor.
Harry walked up to the gargoyle now and muttered "/Lemon drops/" The gargoyle sprang to the side and Harry started up the dark staircase towards Dumbledore's office...
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A/N: Yea! Something else is happening. Although there wont be some actual action for awhile yet, sry. Thank you all for the reviews and I beg you, review again! Please?! I don't have that many. :( O well, and sorry if the prediction from the pixie was a little cheesy, and yes I know the last couple paragraphs sucked, I ran out of energy. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!!!!! Please if you read this review this time, I am running out of steam and so I would greatly appreciate it if I got another refueling of reviews!!!!! Please?!
Disclaimer: They aren't mine!!!!!! No matter how I beg JK wont give them to me!!!!!!!!! And the only one I really wanted was Draco!! ::Sigh:: oh well...
A/N: Actually I really don't have much to say, for the first time in this stories life...
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Harry walked towards DADA, marveling that he hadn't gotten lost yet. Although he was usually able to find his way to classes now, he was still often late. It was very easy to get lost at a magical school. The staircases liked to move around, sometimes a new one appeared only on Fridays or there was a trick stair on Wednesday. Some doors wouldn't opened unless you asked politely and some weren't doors at all, only walls pretending to be doors. Also the pictures liked to visit each other, as did the suites of armor. After 2 weeks though, Harry was finding it fairly simple to get to classes on time.
He passed his Slytherin friend, Draco, and waved at him from across the hall. Draco smiled and waved back before hurrying towards Transfiguration. Draco would often sit with Harry and company during meals, claiming that the Slytherins got very boring after awhile. The rest of the Gryffindors soon accepted that he would be sitting at their table no matter what the did. Although very few would actually talk to him, for the most part they had stopped throwing him dirty looks every 2 minutes. The Slytherins were still mad at Draco for becoming friends with Gryffindors, but they knew better then to argue with Malfoy, so they kept their mouths shut and accepted him into their group. All except Blaise of course. Harry and Draco had become quite good friends in the last two weeks, Harry might even say that he liked Draco better than Ron, although Ron and him were very close also. Draco was the least comfortable around Hermione. She pushed him the wrong way sometimes, she was always looking things up in books. Hermione was friends with Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil as well as with the boys trio. She was closest with Ron. They were continually arguing, although it rarely turned into an actual fight.
Harry snapped out of his daydream and walked into the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. He smiled, this was his favorite class. It was very interesting. Professor Lupin was a great teacher, despite his shabby robes. He often held practical classes, much to the delight of the students. Even Draco, who hardly ever had anything good to say about the teachers, liked his class.
Harry walked into the room and sat down next to Ron and Hermione. Ron smiled at him and continued to desperately try to finish his homework and ignore Hermione's taunts and scolding. Harry smiled and looked around the room. The late bell rang and Lupin looked up from a piece of paper he was grading and stood up.
"Hello class. You may put away your books today, we are having a practical lesson today."
Everyone smiled excitedly and scurried to put their books away.
"Now today we are going to learn about pixies. These little creatures are very mischievous things, but if you do the right spells and outsmart them, they can be very helpful. Pixies can do a variety of different things, depending on the specific one. Most can just do the average healing and helpful charms, but a few can have very spectacular powers. Some of the more rare and powerful pixies have been known to be able to tell the future accurately and even a /very/ few are able to enhance your magical ability. Now I highly doubt that any of these pixies will have these powers, and even if they do, it is highly unlikely that you will be able to subdue or trick them into helping you. The more powerful ones are very tricky you see and you have to outwit a pixie before they will help you in any way."
Many quills were scratching throughout Lupin's speech and Lupin suddenly seemed to notice.
"In case you guys were wondering, you do not have to take notes on the pixies. They are simply a learning experience."
There was a round of thankful sighs and everyone put away their parchment. Lupin continued.
"Today each one of you will have a chance to deal one-on-one with a pixie. I will be selecting you one by one to go into the small room next door. I have put a spying charm onto the room, so I will later be able to see and hear how you deal with your pixie. Once you are inside, a single pixie will be released into your room. They are chosen at random and some of you will have harder pixies to deal with than others. When you are in the room, please try to relax. Pixies are absolute devils unless you manage to outsmart them. When they are first released I expect that they will try to scare you or make you mad. They are known to pull hair and steal as much as they can. You will be left to your own means to deal with them, whatever they are doing. If you manage to make them stop harassing you, I shall be satisfied. The next thing they will most likely start trying to curse you and/or challenge your wit. They are very cunning with their spells, but they can only do simple curses, nothing that will permanently harm you in anyway. If you manage to beat them again you are a very good wizard. I highly doubt you will manage to do that. If you do then they will help you in anyway the can. Whether it be healing someone you know, or yourself, or telling the future."
Many people in the class were squirming and looking nervous. Neville was pale and gripping his wand hard. Harry smiled a little. Although he was nervous, he wasn't terrified. After all, the pixies couldn't do any real harm to them.
Lupin looked around the classroom and smiled.
"ok, any questions?"
Nobody answered.
"Good, then lets see, who will go first? Any volunteers?"
Hermione looked around, then nervously raised her hand. Lupin smiled reassuringly at her.
"Thank you Hermione. 3 points to Gryffindor. Now will you come with me? Good, just step into this room here. Thank you, now when I close the door a random pixie will appear inside, ok?"
Hermione smiled nervously and nodded her head.
"Ok, good. Now in you go."
Hermione opened the door, then closed it firmly.
Lupin smiled at the rest of the class.
"ok, is there any volunteers to go next? Remember you are being taped so I will know if you try to torture the pixie or anything like that. Nobody wants to go?"
Everyone looked away.
"Ok then, Dean your next."
Dean made a grimace, then nodded.
Hermione walked out to the room 2 minutes later, smiling very broadly. Lupin smiled back.
"Well young lady, how did you do?"
Hermione flushed a little and said meekly. "I managed to get it to help me. It healed a nasty cut I had on my leg."
Lupin looked extremely proud.
"Well done young lady! You are very smart indeed. 5 points to Gryffindor!"
Hermione blushed at the compliment and sat down next to Harry.
Harry smiled at her.
"Great job Hermione! You earned us 7 points already!"
"Thanks" she whispered, then she watched Dean go in.
Lupin looked around for his next victim. He smiled.
"Potter, your next."
Harry groaned inwardly but nodded his head and started thinking of spells he could use to help him against the pixie.
"lets see, I could /stupefy/ it if it got too out of hand, then revive it. Or I could maybe /accio/ it into my hand. That would be odd. Or lets see, what other spells do I know? I could use the defense spell Malfoy showed me, /forsvar/, that should stop most spells it throws at me during the second level. Lets see, some charms for it. Malfoy showed me the tickling charm, full-body bind, jelly legs, lockjaw, er, oh that's enough." Harry was muttering to himself without even realizing it.
Suddenly Dean walked out of the small room, looking moderately pleased. Lupin looked up at him.
"Well, how did it go Dean? Manage the first level."
Dean nodded.
"ya, I got through the first level fine. It was just the second level that was too hard. It put the-"
Lupin cut him off.
"Sorry Dean but you cant tell anyone what charms it used, that would be an unfair advantage. Harry, your up. You ready?"
Harry looked at Lupin, then smiled and nodded his head, putting on a carefree expression. Inside though, he was a little scared. What if he didn't even make it past the first level?!
He walked confidently through the doorway and sat down in a blue chair sitting in the middle of a bare room. As soon as he sat down Lupin's voice echoed through the small room.
"Ok Harry, you ready?" Harry nodded and gripped his wand tightly in his hand.
"Ok, I'm going to release the pixie soon Harry. As soon as I do the recording charm should kick in so I can watch how you did later. Ready, go!"
A small silver-blue blur sped into the room and immediately rushed upon Harry's head. He felt small hands on his hair and suddenly the pixie started flying up. It was very strong! He felt his hair being ripped out. Harry groaned and slapped at the silver blur he could vaguely see floating above him. His hand found its target. The little pixie let go and spiraled towards the floor, one of its wings slightly bent.
Harry was stunned, he didn't think he would actually hit the little thing! It was going to die, that wouldn't go too well with Lupin. Harry jumped out of his chair and dived towards the pixie with quick reflexes he didn't even know he had. Before he had even thought about what he was doing he felt the little thing hit his palm and was up on his feet. He sat back down on the little chair surprised. How did he move so quickly? Oh well, better make sure the pixie was ok.
He looked down at the little thing in his hands. There was a little lady sitting stunned on his hand. Or at least she looked a little bit like a woman. Her hair was a silver-green, her face had clear slyness and mischief printed all over it. Her dress was a pale blue, only a shade different than her skin color. Her whole being glowed with a sort of radiance. Harry was not sure what to make of this being. She looked beautiful, yet utterly wild. The light that surrounded her was a bright radiant color, yet it looked very, strange, was the only real word for it.
She stood up suddenly and examined her delicate wings. She seemed to decide they were fine and looked up for the first time. For a split second her face was totally surprised and innocent before it became wild and mischievous again.
"What are you looking at boy?!" she said, her voice loud and strong.
"Nothing." Harry replied, to stunned to think of any witty remark.
She smiled and then, quick as a flash, disappeared. Harry looked around and saw a silver flash on the other side of the room. That was where the spell came from. A red beam came straight at him. Luckily he, again acted on instinct, diving out of the way. Although he knew that the pixie couldn't actually harm him, if he was hit by the body-binding curse his chances would be over. And since he was on level 2 already, he might as well try to defeat the pixie.
Harry swirled around until he saw the tell-tale flash of silver directly behind him. He kept his eyes looking around the room, as if he couldn't see the pixie, then sent the first spell that came to his mind.
"/Stupefy/!" The spell hit the pixie head on, causing her to drift lazily towards the ground. When she had reached the floor Harry rushed over to her fallen body and gently picked her up.
He aimed his wand at the small body and put the full body-binding curse on her, then quietly woke her up.
The pixies eyes opened suddenly and she immediately tried to move, to no anvil. She seemed to draw into herself then, gathering something inside of her, every muscle in her tiny body taut with concentration. Then she seemed to hurdle some invisible force at, well it seemed, at the spell itself. She looked pleased and sure of herself and tried again to get up. Again she failed. Her mischievous face lit, for a split second, with pure disbelief. Then she seemed to gain control of herself and spat out.
"Boy, what are you doing to me? You know I have enough power in me to almost destroy you utterly? Why do you mock me with such simple charms?"
Harry looked back at the little demon in front of him non-plussed.
"If its such a small curse, how come you can get free?"
Her face tightened for a second and she muttered almost incoherently under her breath.
"That's what I would like to know. He shouldn't be nearly strong enough in his magic to hold me down! Must be a malfunction in my spells."
"Or I could be stronger than you think." Harry said fiercely.
The pixie looked surprised for the second time that day.
"You heard me? But, I used magic to cover..." Her words changed suddenly into another language, one Harry could not understand.
"Anyway, since I caught you, you have to do whatever you can to help me or whatever."
The pixie looked up at him, a crafty smile playing on her face.
"There is no way you did this by yourself. Your teacher must have known somehow I was a rare pixie, one of the few who can tell the future. If fact, I can prove you didn't do it. If you did once you say the words /accentrum limpieri/ I should go into a trance and tell you about your future. So, lets prove this for the tapes you teacher is taking. Go on, say the words."
Harry looked at he suspiciously, but then hesitantly said "Accentrum Limpieri."
The pixie's face twisted into a victorious smile for a split second, then all emotion left her. Her back became straight and her face was blank of any emotion.
"He is coming. Horrible danger follows you Harry Potter. If you do not act you will surely be killed before the year is over. For he rises, greater and stronger than ever before. He has killed your father, and now, as we speak he is lying low, plotting your death. Pain, torture it will be. He will see to that. Even if you manage to survive, the pain will be great. But heed these warnings and perhaps you will survive. Danger is coming in the same form as it did before. Horrible, evil betrayal has endured. It has destroyed once and will do so again. Prepare yourself for hard times. Do whatever you can to be prepared. I see death and agony. The only way you can live Harry is to stand strong. Do not break, do not let the enemy win easily by ending your own life. For if you stand strong hope lays beyond. Take head Harry, beware of danger and stand strong. Do whatever you can to help yourself beforehand and remember, after the time of despair, hope and kindness runs strong. Stay strong and happiness lays beyond."
Harry had been staring at the pixie, horror-struck during the whole prophecy. Suddenly she relaxed again, the mischief crept slowly into her face again. She looked angry and almost sad.
"You did it yourself. You defeated me yourself, a mere boy. How do you like that. I will probably be banned now. Stupid fuc----" Her voice trailed off and ran together into endless muttering. Suddenly she seemed to realize that Harry wasn't responding. She looked up into his horror-stricken face.
"Oh god, did I predict another bad thing again? I hate when that happens, let me guess, your beautiful girlfriend is going to dump you and leave with your best friend. Happens all the time. Sickingly stupid if you ask me, love is. Why one time..." her voice trailed off again. Suddenly Harry seemed to snap out of his trance.
"Oh sorry, here, you can leave now." Harry took the curse off of the little pixie, who looked at him for a second, as if contemplating whether or not to play one last trick on him, but seeing his mood, she decided against it and flew through the ceiling.
Harry walked up to the door and turned the handle woodenly, his mind seemed to have shut down.
Lupin looked up from his desk and smiled at Harry.
"So, how did it go Harry, you were in there a very long time."
Harry looked at Lupin rather vacantly.
"Good Professor, I got the pixie to help me and it, well it told the future. But there is something very important it told me, I have to see Dumbledore now."
Lupin looked at Harry blankly, but finally sighed and said quietly.
"Ok Harry, but please tell me, what did it say about you? Was it anything important?"
Harry looked pleadingly at Lupin.
"Please sir, it was very important, that is why I have to see Dumbledore now. If I try hard, I can possibly prevent it. Please, watch the tape if you want to know what it said, I have to go now."
Lupin looked rather offended but he realized that Harry must be telling the truth.
"Ok Potter, but if I hear that you didn't go to Dumbledore's office you will be in serious trouble. I am trusting you against my better judgment, but you may go."
Harry smiled wanly at Lupin.
"Thank you so much sir, you wont regret it. Will you please bring the tape to Dumbledore later today? I believe he will want to see it."
Lupin nodded and motioned Harry out. Harry walked woodenly out of the classroom, and down to Dumbledore's office. Although he hadn't ever been there before, he had once caught Dumbledore going into his office by muttering lemon drops to the gargoyle statue in the second corridor.
Harry walked up to the gargoyle now and muttered "/Lemon drops/" The gargoyle sprang to the side and Harry started up the dark staircase towards Dumbledore's office...
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A/N: Yea! Something else is happening. Although there wont be some actual action for awhile yet, sry. Thank you all for the reviews and I beg you, review again! Please?! I don't have that many. :( O well, and sorry if the prediction from the pixie was a little cheesy, and yes I know the last couple paragraphs sucked, I ran out of energy. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!!!!! Please if you read this review this time, I am running out of steam and so I would greatly appreciate it if I got another refueling of reviews!!!!! Please?!