As he sat in divination his mind was on transfiguration, which they had
later that day. Today they were staring into these round, mirror-like,
white 'Gazers.' It looked like it was made of a milky liquid. This
prompted Ron to joke about looking into a cup of milk and seeing visions.
They were going to have a test in transfiguration and he was going over the information in his mind (Hermione would be proud). He had actually began studying more this year, to keep himself busy. The plus better marks; The minus was Ron's unspoken irritation with it.
He thought he saw something and focused on the Gazer. Voldemort came in to view -but Harry couldn't hear anything. He was surrounded by death eaters, talking to. vampires? They fit the description. The vampire smiled and bowed. Another brought forward a small black box -a hand snapped in front of his face and he jerked back. Ron had apparently been talking about Quidditch practice the next day.
Harry wouldn't have said anything about what he saw but Ron informed him that his eyes had looked like lightning in them. Harry whispered furtively to Ron about what had happened (who paled) until Trelawney noticed. She came over and pestered them until Ron said he's seen a murder, then she starting talking to the class -leaving them alone.
After class they met up with Hermione. Christmas was coming up and he wondered, "Are you guys staying for Christmas?"
Hermione and Ron looked at each other, already having decided. "Of course I am."
Hermione- "My parents are going to visit some friends anyway so, yeah, me too."
Harry knew they were staying for him, but didn't resent that; He shot them a grin.
Later when he was writing a letter to Sirius he hesitated. Should he mention what had happened? In the end he decided only to ask if he knew of any instances when a persons eyes glowed.
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An older man was slumped, unconscious; he was held to a wall by chains. He appeared to by Asian.
A death eater stood in front of the man deciding how to wake him. He cast a spell; The man jerked and screamed, thinking he was on fire. He begin shouting things in a language Harry did not know
The Death Eater was pleased, replying briefly in the same language. He sounded interested. The man continued talking.
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In PD they had started learning how to use swords. (not actually using them yet.) "We are going to start two handed. Then we are going to try one handed moves, which are going to take strength. Think about which arm you want to use, as you might want to use one arm for your wand while wielding a sword."
Professor Kartis continued imparting knowledge about using swords until class ended. As it was the day before Christmas break she added "See you all after Christmas!"
The Christmas holidays were slightly different this year. More people stayed, perhaps because of the 'rumors' about Voldemort. Hogwarts was the safest place for their children.
They days passed with ease, and Harry found himself enjoying it.
"Have you two done any homework? Never mind." Hermione decided not to even bother this time.
They were eating breakfast, deciding what to do. "I want to visit Dobby, we haven't done that all year," Harry pointed out.
"Why don't we go looking exploring the staff wing?"
"Ron!" Hermione admonished. Then she smiled. "What we should do is look for more secret passages."
Harry looked at Ron, both of them raising their eyebrows. "Why not?"
Dumbledore watched them bound away from the Gryffindor table and leave the Hall. He was relieved that Harry was having the fun he should at his age.
"Hmm, why do I wonder where they are going?" Asked McGonagall speculatively, noticing the objects of Dumbledore's gaze.
He grinned, "Oh, no doubt the usual mischief."
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This Christmas was one of the best. They got the usual Weasley sweaters and socks from Dobby. One thing of note was Dumbledore's present; It was an amulet that would grow could if anyone used an unforgivable curse nearby. He made a mental note to thank him. He himself he gotten something for Dumbledore -several pairs of woolen socks. It wasn't really a good gift, but he knew that the Headmaster would remember the reference; He DID have a weird sense of humor, after all.
Hermione gave both him and Ron a copy of Hogwarts, A History. "Here you guys, I'm sure you will both find this useful.
"Books of course," said Ron.
Ron's reaction was priceless. He opened it up then he made a noise and dropped it, causing everyone to start laughing. Hermione had whispered something to Ginny, which Harry caught -"You win."
She added another present to each of them though, identical rings; She had one too. They were supposed to be able to point you in the direction of the others.
"Great idea Hermione!" Harry was impressed at her foresight.
He and Ron each gave each other a gift certificate to a Quidditch shop, which made them laugh.
He had also gotten Ginny something, a necklace with a blue crystal. (She had decided to stay for Christmas to, for some reason.) When Ginny gave him a hug (which, thankfully, Ron didn't see). Hermione smiled. He was actually started to like Ginny, but she was Ron's Sister, so he didn't know if he would do anything about it.
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...hooded Death Eaters were standing outside, in the middle of nowhere. They began planning how they were going to attack someplace (Harry didn't recognize the name) when one of them was petrified.
People in red surrounded the Death Eaters, each with phoenix on the front of their robes. A battle ensued.
"Sirius!" Harry recognized McGonagall's voice. She stood over a fallen Order member. Harry recognized Lupin, lying with his hood partly off.
Sirius rushed over and helped McGonagall defend him...
After Harry woke up he realized he must have been seeing a fight between death eaters and the Order of the Phoenix. Well, now he knew where Sirius was.
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Shortly after school started again, Snape disappeared for several days. 'Visiting relatives for a family emergency.' Right.
The first potions class he was gone from the teacher hadn't shown up yet, and they were all waiting. Malfoy's voice rang out behind Harry and Ron. "Not psychotic yet Potter? Maybe the Weasel will put you out of your misery, and you can leave your money and the mudblood to him."
Harry figured he must still be smarting over a certain Ton-Tongue Toffee incident. Before either of them turned around Remus' voice rang out. "That's enough Mr. Malfoy, 10 points from Slytherin."
"What are you doing here!" Malfoy squeaked, horrified.
"I'm filling in for professor Snape." All the Gryffindor's were grinning widely by now. Harry's grin dropped, wondering about Snape. He had had a couple of visions, which Snape was in, and had a good idea what the man went through. He was still happy to see Remus though.
"Now, what have you been studying?" Hermione's hand shot up
After class they walked up to Remus.
"It's nice to see you Harry, Ron, Hermione."
Harry smiled, "It's nice to see you too, Rem- professor Lupin.
When they started to leave Remus slipped Harry a note, which he put in his pocket.
Later a tired Harry once again made his way to Dumbledore's office. He had been staying after in PD to practice using a sword, which was why he was so tired. But he had an Order meeting to go to -the note Remus slipped him told him what time.
He had told Ron and Hermione that he was going to tell Dumbledore about a vision, and gave them a fuzzy description when asked. He hadn't told them about the Order yet. He did feel kinda bad about hat, as he never kept much from them, but Dumbledore didn't want him to. Besides, he didn't tell them much about his visions either.
This time Molly and Arthur Wesley were there. Harry was happy to see them, and of course, get a big hug from Mrs. Wesley. Through these meetings he was learning a bit more about his teachers, and he had more respect for them now. It's not that he didn't respect them before -but would he respect Snape if he didn't know the he had the horrible job of being a spy?
During the meeting it came to light that Voldemort had infiltrated the ministry.
"I think I remember a name... Defber, Derbor, Dorboff..." Harry tried to remember.
"Deforbe?" asked Arthur.
"Yes."
"He was one of my suspects" Arthur murmured.
"So he wants Dumbledore away from Hogwarts." This was put in by Arabella.
"Yes that is a goal. I also believe that he wants to prompt Fudge to act against Harry." Dumbledore looked at Harry.
"Act against me?" He may stir up trouble about the Triwizard tournament Harry."
"Oh." Memories.
A lot of the people there looked like they wanted to hit Fudge, which made Harry feel marginally better.
They were going to have a test in transfiguration and he was going over the information in his mind (Hermione would be proud). He had actually began studying more this year, to keep himself busy. The plus better marks; The minus was Ron's unspoken irritation with it.
He thought he saw something and focused on the Gazer. Voldemort came in to view -but Harry couldn't hear anything. He was surrounded by death eaters, talking to. vampires? They fit the description. The vampire smiled and bowed. Another brought forward a small black box -a hand snapped in front of his face and he jerked back. Ron had apparently been talking about Quidditch practice the next day.
Harry wouldn't have said anything about what he saw but Ron informed him that his eyes had looked like lightning in them. Harry whispered furtively to Ron about what had happened (who paled) until Trelawney noticed. She came over and pestered them until Ron said he's seen a murder, then she starting talking to the class -leaving them alone.
After class they met up with Hermione. Christmas was coming up and he wondered, "Are you guys staying for Christmas?"
Hermione and Ron looked at each other, already having decided. "Of course I am."
Hermione- "My parents are going to visit some friends anyway so, yeah, me too."
Harry knew they were staying for him, but didn't resent that; He shot them a grin.
Later when he was writing a letter to Sirius he hesitated. Should he mention what had happened? In the end he decided only to ask if he knew of any instances when a persons eyes glowed.
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An older man was slumped, unconscious; he was held to a wall by chains. He appeared to by Asian.
A death eater stood in front of the man deciding how to wake him. He cast a spell; The man jerked and screamed, thinking he was on fire. He begin shouting things in a language Harry did not know
The Death Eater was pleased, replying briefly in the same language. He sounded interested. The man continued talking.
************************************************************************ ************************************************************************
In PD they had started learning how to use swords. (not actually using them yet.) "We are going to start two handed. Then we are going to try one handed moves, which are going to take strength. Think about which arm you want to use, as you might want to use one arm for your wand while wielding a sword."
Professor Kartis continued imparting knowledge about using swords until class ended. As it was the day before Christmas break she added "See you all after Christmas!"
The Christmas holidays were slightly different this year. More people stayed, perhaps because of the 'rumors' about Voldemort. Hogwarts was the safest place for their children.
They days passed with ease, and Harry found himself enjoying it.
"Have you two done any homework? Never mind." Hermione decided not to even bother this time.
They were eating breakfast, deciding what to do. "I want to visit Dobby, we haven't done that all year," Harry pointed out.
"Why don't we go looking exploring the staff wing?"
"Ron!" Hermione admonished. Then she smiled. "What we should do is look for more secret passages."
Harry looked at Ron, both of them raising their eyebrows. "Why not?"
Dumbledore watched them bound away from the Gryffindor table and leave the Hall. He was relieved that Harry was having the fun he should at his age.
"Hmm, why do I wonder where they are going?" Asked McGonagall speculatively, noticing the objects of Dumbledore's gaze.
He grinned, "Oh, no doubt the usual mischief."
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This Christmas was one of the best. They got the usual Weasley sweaters and socks from Dobby. One thing of note was Dumbledore's present; It was an amulet that would grow could if anyone used an unforgivable curse nearby. He made a mental note to thank him. He himself he gotten something for Dumbledore -several pairs of woolen socks. It wasn't really a good gift, but he knew that the Headmaster would remember the reference; He DID have a weird sense of humor, after all.
Hermione gave both him and Ron a copy of Hogwarts, A History. "Here you guys, I'm sure you will both find this useful.
"Books of course," said Ron.
Ron's reaction was priceless. He opened it up then he made a noise and dropped it, causing everyone to start laughing. Hermione had whispered something to Ginny, which Harry caught -"You win."
She added another present to each of them though, identical rings; She had one too. They were supposed to be able to point you in the direction of the others.
"Great idea Hermione!" Harry was impressed at her foresight.
He and Ron each gave each other a gift certificate to a Quidditch shop, which made them laugh.
He had also gotten Ginny something, a necklace with a blue crystal. (She had decided to stay for Christmas to, for some reason.) When Ginny gave him a hug (which, thankfully, Ron didn't see). Hermione smiled. He was actually started to like Ginny, but she was Ron's Sister, so he didn't know if he would do anything about it.
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...hooded Death Eaters were standing outside, in the middle of nowhere. They began planning how they were going to attack someplace (Harry didn't recognize the name) when one of them was petrified.
People in red surrounded the Death Eaters, each with phoenix on the front of their robes. A battle ensued.
"Sirius!" Harry recognized McGonagall's voice. She stood over a fallen Order member. Harry recognized Lupin, lying with his hood partly off.
Sirius rushed over and helped McGonagall defend him...
After Harry woke up he realized he must have been seeing a fight between death eaters and the Order of the Phoenix. Well, now he knew where Sirius was.
************************************************************************ ************************************************************************
Shortly after school started again, Snape disappeared for several days. 'Visiting relatives for a family emergency.' Right.
The first potions class he was gone from the teacher hadn't shown up yet, and they were all waiting. Malfoy's voice rang out behind Harry and Ron. "Not psychotic yet Potter? Maybe the Weasel will put you out of your misery, and you can leave your money and the mudblood to him."
Harry figured he must still be smarting over a certain Ton-Tongue Toffee incident. Before either of them turned around Remus' voice rang out. "That's enough Mr. Malfoy, 10 points from Slytherin."
"What are you doing here!" Malfoy squeaked, horrified.
"I'm filling in for professor Snape." All the Gryffindor's were grinning widely by now. Harry's grin dropped, wondering about Snape. He had had a couple of visions, which Snape was in, and had a good idea what the man went through. He was still happy to see Remus though.
"Now, what have you been studying?" Hermione's hand shot up
After class they walked up to Remus.
"It's nice to see you Harry, Ron, Hermione."
Harry smiled, "It's nice to see you too, Rem- professor Lupin.
When they started to leave Remus slipped Harry a note, which he put in his pocket.
Later a tired Harry once again made his way to Dumbledore's office. He had been staying after in PD to practice using a sword, which was why he was so tired. But he had an Order meeting to go to -the note Remus slipped him told him what time.
He had told Ron and Hermione that he was going to tell Dumbledore about a vision, and gave them a fuzzy description when asked. He hadn't told them about the Order yet. He did feel kinda bad about hat, as he never kept much from them, but Dumbledore didn't want him to. Besides, he didn't tell them much about his visions either.
This time Molly and Arthur Wesley were there. Harry was happy to see them, and of course, get a big hug from Mrs. Wesley. Through these meetings he was learning a bit more about his teachers, and he had more respect for them now. It's not that he didn't respect them before -but would he respect Snape if he didn't know the he had the horrible job of being a spy?
During the meeting it came to light that Voldemort had infiltrated the ministry.
"I think I remember a name... Defber, Derbor, Dorboff..." Harry tried to remember.
"Deforbe?" asked Arthur.
"Yes."
"He was one of my suspects" Arthur murmured.
"So he wants Dumbledore away from Hogwarts." This was put in by Arabella.
"Yes that is a goal. I also believe that he wants to prompt Fudge to act against Harry." Dumbledore looked at Harry.
"Act against me?" He may stir up trouble about the Triwizard tournament Harry."
"Oh." Memories.
A lot of the people there looked like they wanted to hit Fudge, which made Harry feel marginally better.