Chapter 7 Author's summary/notes
Okay, here's what happened during what would have been chapter seven (my muses (even after what, three months, four?) still refuse to give me an indication of how to write this chapter).
Flying lessons- Harry tags along. Neville ends up falling off of his broom, and Draco snags the remembrall (sp?) and in response to Ron's "give it back, Malfoy" he tosses it as high into the air, and as far away as he can. Harry, pulling off the perfect "doggy" act, can't resist the temptation of a game of fetch. And, being the "good" dog that he is, he doesn't take the ball back to those that are calling him, but rather to the person who threw it in the first place, namely Draco. Thus begins the game of fetch, which abruptly ends when the teachers arrive back. (note- I might not have actually included that in the final draft of the chapter, but since it was on my outline, I thought I'd mention it). (note2- The ball is glass. Harry uses telekinesis to soften the things landing, so that it doesn't shatter in his mouth)
Time passes
Halloween- Draco has gotten to the point where he can do the complete transformation, but it takes him about a minute to get all the way through it (though this would have been mentioned in passing, rather than having any real plot significance). The Troll Incident- Harry, of course, overhears some mutters about Hermione crying in the girls toilet, but brushes it off (like in canon). He ends up outside the door of the Great Hall during the feast (Ron seems to like having him there rather than leaving him in the dorms), and witnesses the whole Quirrel screaming fit/act. Realising that Hermione is in the toilet still and doesn't know about the troll, he goes after her, along with the one person he can inform without giving away his humanity, Draco. They go, find the troll in the bathroom, fight it, etc. Hermione faints, Harry transforms and beats the troll, Draco… I'm not sure what Draco would have done ^_^. It was one of those things that I was hoping would work itself out as I wrote. Obviously, that didn't work.
Hmm… That's all the stuff I really had plotted out.
Here's the plan. I'm going to give up on this chapter, and start on chapter eight (and considering the amount of inspiration I've been having for later parts of this fic, it shouldn't take too long). I'll try to fill this in with a real chapter later, or if someone else would like to take a shot at writing it for me, then contact me and I'll be most grateful.
To give you an idea of where this is going (so, yes, I will be continuing the fic.), I have first year plotted out, and most of second (and second year is where it really starts to diverge from canon, if it hasn't enough already), and I have vague-ish plans for third and fourth. Next chapter will have to deal with Christmas, the detention in the forest, and Norbert (I hope…).
pwestm1- Planning on it, and thanks.
Rachemeister- Thanks!
Mrs. Moony- Thanks! Heh, sorry about the long wait. Sirius gets over it. I'm writing, really, just a bit slowly…Fireangle- **grin** Thanks! I thought that I'd said that Harry's dog form's age corresponded with his human age. Oh well.
Nagini- here's more (sorta), sorry for the delay.
Moonlight- I'm glad you like the story, despite Harry's house. And Dumbledore does know, he's just content to let Harry and Sirius be, for now.
Mrs. Moony- Er, "how often will you be updating?" More often than I have lately, I promise.
Bill Weasley- Thanks! **wince** So much for posting regularly though. Sorry 'bout that.
Badger Lord- Thanks! **grins** Ah yes, **taps nose knowingly** The stool is in Slytherin. It's very cunning and ambitious. It has great aspirations to becoming a chair. No, really, I'm glad you thought it was funny.
Fireangle- Thanks, so much for soon though.
Caspian- You seem to be cut off a bit short there. Thanks, glad you like the story.
Scrat- Well he's not really a good guy, and he's not really Harry's friend, per se. They have a… working relationship based on blackmail at this point. And Sirius isn't too mad, just rather put out.
rainyday88- **Wince** Sorry for the delay.
Judy- Thanks. I'm sorry to hear that you disapprove of Harry's house, though I'm not quite sure why everyone seems to think that Harry and Draco are "close friends". They're not. They're amenable to each other, and Draco's blackmailing him. Thanks for advertising for me.
PR LUCKEN- Yes, they'll be friends eventually. Draco's not a "good guy" yet, and he may never be. But he gets along with Harry fairly well. As for slash ^_^, no. Maybe when I still liked HP/DM I would have, but now? No.
Lucerito-del-alba- Okay, you're completely entitled to your opinion, but I may come off a tad hostile in replying to your views.
1- Harry isn't remaining as a dog all of the time. Just most of it. And why couldn't he? Sirius does it in canon.
2- I never said that Dumbledore didn't know. In fact, I felt that I implied fairly well that he does know.
3- Okay, this one was offensive. I am the author, it is my fic, I am a Slytherin, and damned if I felt like it! Now, I could go into my reasoning in detail, as well as the reasons that I rejected the other houses, but the way you worded that question was rude and I feel no obligation to be polite in return.
4- They are not friends (yet). Draco is blackmailing Harry. They merely don't feel the need to be unduly antagonistic towards each other. I'm sorry if this wasn't clear from the text.
Naomi SliverWolf- Thanks! Here's the next chapter, sorry for the wait.
Hermione Potter- Thanks. **shrug** I like Slyth!Harry.
Rachel A. Prongs- Soooo sorry about the wait
Lady Phoenix Gryffindor- Thanks, here's chapter seven (well, a sort of chapter seven…). Not exactly soon, though…
Helen- Here's an update (of sorts, and hardly what I think people were hoping for).
Maria- Thanks.
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Stormyfire- thanks.