Disclaimer: Obviously I don't own Harry Potter, because J.K.Rowling would never do this to him
A/N: Who is this tall dark rugged man at Kings Cross station? No other than Harry Potter, he's sick and tired of been pushed around and he's out to show everyone that the term bad boy was invented for him. Hogwarts and Hermione will never know what hit it
Wow that was more reviews than I ever hoped for, I'm not sure that they were all complimentary but I appreciate them just the same. The general theme I got from them was that a lot of you wanted H/H romance and quite a few wanted a love triangle with Draco, which was an interesting idea so I'll consider it. Anyway replies to every single individual review (yes I do mean every single one even though half of the people who reviewed probably hated it and didn't bother coming back) are at the bottom of the story.
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After the train journey Harry, Hermione and Ron shared a horseless carriage up to the castle, they arrived at Hogwarts and Harry was being pointed and stared at just like in his first year, they managed to reach the entrance hall before somebody stopped them
'Harry' a girl squealed, Hermione and Ron turned to watch in amazement as Parvati Patil came flying down the stairs towards Harry
'How are you?' Lavender came over smiling extremely brightly to join her best friend Parvati
'I can't believe you never wrote to me' Cho appeared from nowhere to join a fast expanding group of girls around Harry. Ron and Hermione were pushed to the side almost right up against the wall
'I must say I love this new look, Lavender and I always said that you would look great in the right clothes' Parvati said as she fingered the edge of Harry's leather jacket which he was now wearing
'But this is more than even we could have hoped for' Lavender said as all the girls around her nodded in agreement, Ron could just make out another redhead in the group which must be Ginny
'You must tell us where you shop' Lavender was saying, Harry finally seemed to realise that he was attracting girls like honey attracts bees and looked round in surprise, it was almost as though he hadn't even heard them approach. Harry didn't seem flustered just amused as he spotted Ron and Hermione over a crowd of heads
'I'm so sorry girls but I have to go now' Harry said as he attempted to push through the crowd to reach his best friends, however the girls stood firm pleading with Harry to stay for just a few more minutes
'What do you think of my nails?' Parvati asked as she thrust her bright green nails in Harry's face in a desperate attempt to get Harry's attention. Ron was now shaking with laughter but nobody was paying him any attention, Hermione had a rather strange look on her face as Harry stopped and looked closely at Parvati's upheld hand
'They're fake' Harry said clearly as he dropped Parvati's hand and very firmly walked past all the girls to where Ron and Hermione were waiting, he walked silently next to Hermione as a chorus of groans broke out behind them by disappointed girls that hadn't managed to get Harry's attention. However they were already making new plans, especially Parvati who planned to have serious words with her manicurist
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Harry had unpacked and changed into his robes but he still looked the same, the only difference was that his body couldn't be seen quite as well, which only added to the mysterious air around him. It was now early evening and he was feeling rather hungry as he headed to the Great Hall for dinner with Hermione and Ron, but no sooner had he entered the hall than he saw an unwelcome sight
'Potter, we meet again' Draco said, he had by now found Crabbe and Goyle who were as usual flanking him, he seemed a lot more confident now that he had his bodyguards back
'Unfortunately' Harry said shortly as he attempted to walk past Draco
'What no big man talk anymore?' Draco asked mockingly
'Why waste it on you and the goon squad?' Harry inquired with a sneer, Draco flushed slightly which stood out in contrast to his pale skin
'You might think you're suddenly big and hard with your new clothes, but you don't scare me' Draco said with a sneer of his own to match. Ron and Hermione stood watching next to Harry unsure as to what to do, Ron wanted to jump in a punch Draco, while Hermione was considering the amount of house points that could be lost if Harry started fighting
'Then you must be even stupider than you look' Harry said with a short harsh laugh, which sounded strange coming from him. There was now a fairly large crowd watching them, the people outside the hall were craning over each other to see who was holding them up and the people already in the hall had stopped talking to watch with interest
'Let's get one thing clear Potter. There's one bad boy round here and that's me, so give up this stupid pretence. Don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk' Draco said as he drew himself up to his full height which was still shorter than Harry and took a step forward into Harry's space in what was definitely intended as a threatening gesture. Harry narrowed his eyes and glared at Draco for almost a full minute in silence, Draco had taken a few steps backwards presumably thinking that Harry wouldn't have a good reply
'Malfoy you should watch yourself, this isn't a game for little boys' Harry hissed, as he took a large stride forwards so he was right in front of Draco, Draco took an involuntary step backwards in surprise. Harry then took another large step forwards and Draco took another few steps back, fear was now in his eyes about what Harry was going to do especially because Crabbe and Goyle appeared not to have realised he needed some help. 'So I would advise crawling back to that hole you came out of' Harry finished with another stride which caused Draco to topple backwards into the edge of the Hufflepuff table sending students scattering in fear of a fight. But Harry simply smirked at Draco whose breathing seemed a bit too fast as he glared back and walked over to the Gryffindor table
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'Potter, don't turn up late for my lesson and then disrupt the class by talking' Snape glared at Harry, ho had walked into the first Potions lesson of the year about ten seconds late and while Snape was writing on the board Harry had being asking Ron if he had seen his Transfiguration book. Snape had seen this as an excellent opportunity to tell Harry off
'Why not?' Harry asked staring intently at Snape who at first looked slightly taken back at somebody talking back to him in the very first lesson of the year and then looked furious that it had being Harry
'Because I said so. Now tell me what I would get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood? Where would I find a bezoar? And what's the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?' Snape said all that very quickly making nearly all the class look confused and worried that they might be asked something like that
'You actually want me to answer that?' Harry asked incredulously, Hermione looked like she wanted to tell everyone the proper answer and what book she had read it in, Malfoy was smirking
'Yes Potter, I expect you can't even work out what I'm talking about, it's a shame brains didn't come with this new look of yours' Snape drawled looking rather proud of himself, Malfoy was now laughing out loud happy in the thought that Harry would be shown up
'I just thought those questions were a bit of a beginner level, but if you insist I'll tell you the answers. Asphodel and wormwood make the Draught of Living Death. The bezoar is taken from a goat's stomach to save you from poisons. And monkshood and wolfsbane are the same plant' Harry said very calmly and clearly, Snape hadn't expected this and looked rather surprised which was quickly replaced by a look of pure hatred as he spat
'10 points from Gryffindor, now turn to page…'
'Stop' Harry commanded as Snape turned back to the board and the rest of the class started flicking through their books, as they registered what Harry everybody stopped working and stared at Harry and then at Snape to see what his reaction would be
'What did you just say?' Snape had had his back turned when Harry spoke but turned very slowly to see if a student had really just told him what to do
'I told you to stop, we hadn't finished our conversation. Why did you take points from Gryffindor?' Harry asked without even a waver in his voice even though Snape was looking at him with such hatred that any other student would have fled long ago
'Because you were been a cheeky know-it-all' Snape said in a very slimily smooth voice as he tried to calm himself down, killing Harry Potter would not look good on his teaching resume
'You can't do that' Harry had no intention of giving up his point
'You have no right to tell me what I can and what I cannot do'
'I happen to have a copy of the school rules and rule 131A clearly states that no student shall ever lose points for been right, I will take this to the headmaster if I have to and we both knew which side he'll take, so give the points back' Harry said as he produced a thick book with the title 'Every school rule ever made'. Most students looked stunned that there were actually rules let alone a book full of them, Snape had no idea where Harry would have got a copy from, and only Dumbledore had the entire list of rules. Snape's mind was racing, he couldn't afford to get into trouble with the headmaster on the first day of term especially over Harry on the other hand he hadn't ever given points to Gryffindor in his life and didn't want to start
'Fine ten points to Gryffindor, now sit down Mr. Potter' Snape spat, Harry smirked very deliberately at him as he sat down to looks of admiration from Gryffindors. Snape did of course try and re-establish his reputation by taking points off Gryffindor for just breathing too loud, by the end of the lesson Gryffindor were down 47 points and Slytherin up 50. However Harry just smirked each time Snape took points off, which had the desired effect of infuriating Snape even more. Because everybody knew that the damage had already been done, Harry had shown Snape up in the very first lesson of the year and now Snape would never be looked at in quite the same way ever again
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Ron and Harry were late for dinner that evening because they had been writing a letter to Ron's mother trying to explain why he had left his handmade sweater at home (the real reason was that Ron had deliberately hidden it behind the sofa). So Hermione after refusing to play any part in what she called shameless lying had gone to dinner by herself, unfortunately her ex-boyfriend of last year Ernie Macmillan had chosen that same day to try and win her back
'Hermione I got these for you' Ernie Macmillan held out a box of chocolates of extremely expensive looking chocolates, Hermione couldn't ignore him by eating her tea because the chocolates were right in front of her face
'It's over Ernie, you know that already' Hermione said as firmly as she could, she had caught Ernie kissing Hannah Abbot and considering she hadn't really liked Ernie to begin with she had thought it a good time to dump him
'But you won't even hear my reason' Ernie said sounding remarkable like a spoiled toddler as he dropped the chocolates onto the table
'I don't want to hear excuses'
'But just give me a chance' Ernie pleaded, just at that moment Harry who had left Ron to owl the letter by himself walked into the hall and swung himself into the chair next to Hermione
'Ooo chocolates' Harry saw the chocolates and leant over to pick a handful up and tried them 'Ergh disgusting, they're cheap ones'
'Hey' Ernie squeaked indignantly, he looked like he was about to say more as Harry gave a very forced swallow of the chocolates with a disgusted look on his face but thought better of it when Harry looked around in surprise having not noticed Ernie when he sat down
'Oh it's you Macmillan, are you the one who cheated on Herm?' Harry said in a very cold voice
'But I can explain' Ernie said very feebly as he took a few steps away from Harry who was now looking at Ernie with the type of loathing usually reserved for Draco Malfoy
'Run now and don't stop running until you reach your table' Harry said slowly and quietly as he turned and stood up again, towering over Ernie who ran away with a frightened squeak
'Harry I could have taken care of it myself' Hermione said looking very annoyed at Harry interfering, she was actually rather relieved because Ernie would be too terrified to even speak to her for months but she was very sure that threatening people wasn't the best way of dealing with anything
'Of course you could, but now he'll leave you alone and you have free chocolates' Harry said in his normal voice as he sat back down and began to eat his meal calmly
'I thought you said they were disgusting' Hermione said rather suspiciously as Harry very innocently drank his pumpkin juice, he put his drink down and turned to face Hermione smiling wickedly as he whispered in her ear
'I lied'
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A/N: I think this chapter length of about 3000 words will be maintained for most of my story, hope it's long enough, I wrote this when I was meant to be revising so I really would appreciate you reviewing. If you reviewed the last chapter then my reply is here, none of them are meant to offend or insult in any way, I'm just in a rather stressed mood with exams
Riana – Is 'whoa' good or bad? Either way thanks for reviewing
PRONGZ - I agree with Sirius been first, but did u see the guy playing James in the movie because that really made him look like a complete geek
Firecat – Er is that a good thing or not?
EnoimreH – He's much more fun to write like this, besides he can still be modest in a weird sort of way
C.W.S. Matthews – Thank you, you were the first person to actually request H/H, its much appreciated
Ravenclawgirly – I love the grease look, but punk would be interesting, not sure how I'd do that though but if you want to suggest some ways to do it then I'll try and incorporate them later on
AnnaDoyle – Thank you
Nari-chan – I think H/H but I'm still not certain, however it won't be slash
Nicky – You're the only person to notice the potion, more will be revealed later on
Lunatyme – swoon means a fainting fit: a sleep – to faint: to be languorous, give a feeling of fainting. I'm just a fountain of useful knowledge. OK I just looked it up in Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary but it was rather funny, thanks for the review
Aaliyah-potter – I do intend for Harry to beat Draco up but I'm not sure about Draco hitting on Hermione, interesting idea though
Satan's Little Princess – Thanks
Stoneheart – Hermione will be a strong character, I loved your review it was funny
Tomoyo – Hermione has changed just not as much as Harry, but differences will be noticeable mainly the flirting
Mindgames – Unless I suddenly get hundreds of reviews against H/H it will be H/H in this story
Achilles – I agree with all three of your points, especially that all pairings but H/H are terrible lies told by desperate people. LOL
E1 – It was fun to write, because Harry can just get revenge on everyone in the books that I don't like (e.g. random Slytherins, Draco, more Slytherins, Snape, yet more Slytherins and just wait for the Dursleys turn)
Enille – I intend to write lots more and feel free to make suggestions if you want Harry to get even with anyone
Maggie-san – Thank you so much your review was lovely
Legacy – I've never heard of Final Fantasy so I can't comment on any resemblance's. But Hermione will definitely not be a groupie, she will remain strong and if u see any signs of groupiness from her alert me immediately and it will be changed
Applepie – There will be H/H flirting but it probably will develop into something more, sorry
Honest Deception – I am leaning very strongly towards the H/H
En shoe – There is a reason for Harry being out of character that will be revealed later, but Harry will be nice to Ron, Hermione and most other people except Slytherin's and other annoying characters (i.e. characters I don't like)
Silver Dragonrider – Harry did drink something and that something will be revealed later when I decide to have an actual plot to my story
Name – Thanks
Evil666 – ok that's the 10th review directly asking for H/H, so I now feel compelled to make it H/H at some point in the near future (well not too long)
Paperdoll – I like his hair, did u see the guy playing Harry in the film? His hair worried me especially because it was brown not black
Riana – The cherry has tempted me to write more quickly so as soon as I read your review I updated, customer satisfaction is something I'm obviously finally learning
Kelz – This chapter showed Snape, next will be McGonagall, Flitwick will be shown soon as well as Hooch and Hagrid, you'll have to wait a little longer to see Dumbledore's real reaction, part of my plot ideas
Did I mention please review? :)