Disclaimer: As usual I don't own any of these characters, not a single location either

A/N: I see a worrying trend developing, I get fewer reviews for each chapter as I keep going. Allow me to prove my point for chapter one I got 32 reviews, for chapter two I got 26 reviews and for chapter three I only got 17 reviews. So for obvious reasons I worried about posting this, but anyway here goes, please review if you read it, it's all I ask for

Once again apologies that this chapter has not been checked, and will be updated and revised with the previous three as soon as my final exam is finished (10th June)

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'Where is that brat' Lucius Malfoy burst into Hagrid's hut making sure not to touch anything in case he got a nasty disease, Hagrid jumped up in anger, last time Malfoy had been in his hut he'd been taken to Azkaban. So understandably he was less then happy to see him again especially because he had no idea which boy Malfoy was referring to although he had a sneaking suspicion that it was Harry

'Malfoy git out of my house' Hagrid roared furiously

'Tell me where the boy is, I was told he was here and I intend to teach him a lesson' Malfoy stood his ground, he made a point of looking down on people like Hagrid and had no intention of even listening to what he might say

'He's behind you' Hagrid said as he saw Harry's rather curious face appear over Malfoy's shoulder

'Excellent, right Potter get in here and let's get some things straight' Malfoy ordered not bothering to turn round, he had no desire to stay in the hut but he couldn't go to the castle because threatening Harry Potter would not look good to anyone especially if Dumbledore turned up, like he had a nasty habit of doing

'A very good idea' Harry said as he stepped into the room and Malfoy's eyes widened in surprise for a few seconds before his face reverted to its usual sneering look

'Don't pick fights with my family Potter' Lucius Malfoy clearly felt that nobody would ever question his commands and this was one of the main commands that everybody who knew the Malfoys followed

'I was merely teaching him a lesson, something you clearly have never done' Harry said very coldly as he flicked some dirt off his hands signalling his boredom with the conversation

'Remember who you are speaking to boy' Malfoy spat

'I do. I have great plans for daddy's little boy if he keeps getting in my way' Harry informed Malfoy with a scornful sneer on his face

'I'll make sure you regret it, I have some powerful friends if you get what I mean' Malfoy brought out his big gun (not literally) and used his favourite threat of his master, which was usually enough to send people running to do his every command. However Harry was clearly unimpressed and in fact laughed out loud

'Don't threaten me with Voldemort' Harry scorned, Malfoy shuddered and Harry noticed it with an unpleasant smirk. 'Afraid of your own master's name, how very feeble' Malfoy turned to leave, but Harry hadn't finished 'See you soon Lucius, I have every intention of having my own little meeting with Voldemort very soon, you can come if you want, in fact I insist that you do'

'You'll meet a sticky end soon Potter' Malfoy spat with hatred as he paused in the doorway

'I highly doubt that' Harry smiled extremely cockily

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'Harry yer all grown up' Hagrid hugged him hard as soon as Malfoy had left. Harry was practically choking as one of Hagrid's arms was tightly round his neck and the other arm was patting him on the back in what was supposed to be an affectionate manner but was in fact more like hitting Harry with a bag of bricks

'I don't feel it compared to you' Harry said rather hoarsely when Hagrid finally let him go

'Yeh even got a dragon tattoo I heard' Hagrid said looking rather like a proud parent, although most parents wouldn't be proud if their child got a tattoo, however this was the man who thought fire breathing dragons were sweet

'How do you know that?' Harry asked rather surprised, it wasn't common knowledge that he had a tattoo and as the Queen of gossip Parvati hadn't mentioned it he had assumed nobody except the Weasley's and Hermione had seen it

'Little Hermione told me, actually she's not that little anymore none of you are' Hagrid sounded as though he was restraining a sob as he said this. Harry was quite sure he'd seen Hagrid's eyes glimmer with tears which were probably pride at how all the trio had grown up, even though it was definitely Harry who had changed the most

'So you got any new pets?' Harry asked trying to stop Hagrid from becoming over emotional, it worked as Hagrid was off describing how wonderful his pet (a flying horse) was and the rest of the night was spent discussing the merits of the various other rare animals

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Harry and Ron were spending yet another evening making up events of what would happen when Venus met with Mars, they were all terrible as had become the tradition with Divination homework predictions. Hermione had disappeared after dinner and only reappeared now walking down the dormitory stairs

'Hermione looking good' Harry called from where he was lounging on a sofa in the common room next to Ron, to be frankly honest Hermione was looking sexy. She was for once wearing muggle clothing and make-up, which had the effect of making boys who were normally gawking after Cho or Parvati suddenly pay her much more interest

'Thanks' Hermione looked rather surprised as she crossed over to were the boys were seated, she wasn't used to compliments especially from Harry who had taken two months to even notice that her teeth had been reduced and he still hadn't mentioned them even then. But that was the old Harry and the new Harry apparently did notice things like hair and clothes, or maybe he just noticed girls in general

'If you were my girl I would be highly jealous of whoever you were about to meet' Harry smiled rather slyly, Ron was now staring at him in open-mouthed disbelief as though he was running a tropical fever

'I'll take that as a compliment' Hermione said with a note of suspicion in her voice, which was the thought that Harry was perhaps teasing her

'It was meant as one' Harry said very sincerely shattering Hermione's previous thought

'You should be careful Harry, it will wreck this new reputation of yours if you start been all sweet around me' Hermione said with a weak grin, she hadn't expected Harry or Ron to even notice her change of outfit, let alone Harry to flirt with her over it. The make-up was due to the lesser of two evils that Parvati had threatened her with, the other had been to tell Harry how wonderful Parvati was at every opportunity so that he would date her. Hermione had chosen the other option of distracting Parvati by agreeing to a minor makeover

'I can't help it, you just do something to me' Harry said in surprise. He hadn't realised it before but Hermione did make him act nicer which was something he would have to stop before (as Hermione said) his reputation was wrecked, but all the same he couldn't help but be rather envious of whoever Hermione was meeting.

In fact Harry had very little to be jealous of as Hermione was meeting Professor Vector for some help with Arithmacy research and the make-over before it had just been one of those coincidences which make life a little more complicated

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'Dean did I hear you were dating Ginny?' Ron asked far too nicely as he spotted Dean Thomas entering the common room without Seamus and jumped in front of him halting him in his tracks

'Possibly' Dean was rather nervous and had even more reason for been when Harry strolled over

'What's going on here?' Harry asked, he had been reading 'Quidditch through the ages' for the fiftieth time because Hermione was in the library and Ron had been trying to find Dean so he was extremely bored

'I think Dean is dating Ginny' Ron told his best friend without turning to face him, his eyes were still fixed on Dean's anxious face watching for any sign of guilt

'Well Thomas is this true?' Harry took over Ron's interrogation and spoke very threateningly to Dean who was now eyeing the stairs and wondering if he could reach them before Ron or Harry tried to kill him, his decision was negative so he stayed to stand his ground

'Yes' Dean said his voice not even wavering, which wasn't a true reflection of how he was feeling. He liked and respected Harry and Ron as friends but when it came to Ginny the word overprotective sprang instantly to mind especially now that Harry had a new tough guy image that Dean had no desire to test

'And if we told you not to?' Harry asked his voice dangerously low; Dean suddenly pulled himself up to his full height and looked very determined

'Then I still would, Ginny's someone worth facing you for' Dean's voice and face now reflected a unexpected depth of feeling for his new girlfriend

'Very good Dean, you pass' Harry said approvingly, Dean smiled looking very relieved as Harry moved to walk away

'But, if you ever even think about hurting her, I'll make sure you never walk again' Ron said jumping back into the conversation, Dean had no doubt he meant it as Ron's face showed no hint of a joke

'And I'll help him' Harry called over his shoulder as Ron caught up with him and the two boys made their way to the library to find the third part of their trio leaving a rather shaken but pleased Dean behind them, until he remembered that Ginny had another 5 brothers

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'Do you remember the first year when McGonagall turned into cat, I thought it was the best thing I'd ever seen, but all we ever do is write boring essays' Ron whispered to Harry as they were sat in Transfiguration supposedly writing an essay on the dangers of Amigus transformations. Although Harry's parchment was still blank and Ron's didn't have much more on, Hermione was obviously onto her third sheet already, ignoring Ron and Harry's conversation

'Thank you for the compliment Mr Weasley but you are required to pass this year before you can even think about becoming an amigus, so you need to write these essays' McGonagall appeared besides them with her annoying habit of overhearing all the worst comments made by her students

'Why?' Harry asked leaning back in this seat and sucking his quill, it wasn't a sugar quill but he liked sucking it anyway, McGonagall looked highly affronted at this disrespect which was perhaps the real reason for Harry sucking his quill

'Because Mr Potter becoming an amigus is a highly advanced and highly dangerous from of magic that takes years of mastering. You are only sixth years, you cannot begin to understand how complex the process is' she said very slowly, she had been in deep dislike of this new Harry all term and was angry that Dumbledore didn't see fit to do anything about it

'It's simple' Harry said as though it was obvious, he now had the attention of the entire class, bar Hermione who was still scribbling in deep concentration

'You do not know what you are talking about, now get back to your work' McGonagall said her tone of voice suggesting disobeying her may endanger lives. She had just realised that Harry had done none of the work she had set and the one thing that annoyed her above all else was a pupil not doing work

'But I already know all I need to about amigus transformations' Harry protested appearing annoyed with McGonagall for interrupting his daydreaming

'I highly doubt that' McGonagall said thorough gritted teeth, she was looking as though she was struggling to keep calm. There was a simple reason for this, which was that she was seriously considering strangling the boy who lived

'I already told you it's simple' Harry insisted, he hated anyone questioning his knowledge and McGonagall was lining herself up as the next recipient of Harry's lessons of how magic should be done

'How would you know that?' McGonagall asked in a very sarcastic manner not realising she was playing directly into Harry's hands, and had walked straight into a trap

'Like this' Harry grinned and closed his eyes concentrating hard, suddenly Harry wasn't there anymore and a mighty golden lion stood in his place, (A/N. I know it's cliché but I was stuck), McGonagall gave a squeak as Harry gave a large roar and then transformed back as though nothing out of the ordinary had happened. Even Hermione was now giving Harry her full attention, some classes might have been scared or jealous if one of their classmates suddenly became an animal. But this was a class of Gryffindors and the classmate was Harry Potter so the looks Harry received were only ones of pure admiration, except of course from McGonagall who was furious

'This is impossible, Mr Potter are you even registered?' McGonagall asked suspiciously when she had finally recovered from the shock enough to speak

'Oops I knew there was something I forgot to do' Harry said as though he had simply forgotten to brush his teeth, Ron and a few other braver members of the class started to chuckle before a glare from McGonagall silenced them

'Go wait outside the room, I'll deal with you later' McGonagall ordered trying to restore some sense of order in her class who would no doubt now worship Harry even more than before

'You're just jealous' Harry said clearly with a smirk as he left the room

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'Hey Dobby, how are you?' Harry asked deciding to visit the kitchens after an exhausting night cleaning the stairs, luckily he never needed much sleep. He still had another month of detention to do for McGonagall who had surprisingly not sent him to Dumbledore, probably because she was too ashamed to admit that she had been shown up by Harry and lost control of the class for a few minutes

'I is good Mr Potter sir, I has been worried about you' Dobby barrelled into Harry hugging him hard around his legs

'No need to worry about me' Harry grinned as Dobby disentangled himself

'Winky has been worried too, she likes you now'

'I'm glad to hear that, have you got together yet?' Harry asked with a large nudge and wink, which made Dobby blush or rather he turned a strange colour that Harry could only assume meant he was embarrassed

'I is not thinking that house elves are meant to date' Dobby said rather anxiously

'Go on Dobby, have some fun, let your hair down' Harry continued the teasing as he picked at some of the food which the house elves were bringing him

'But I do not have any hair, should I buy some? I have a galleon spare' Dobby produced the galleon in question from his apron with a proud smile, Harry suppressed a groan as he realised that he wasn't going to get anywhere with this conversation

'Just a saying' Harry said hurriedly as Dobby opened his mouth to ask another question, before getting his own question in 'Anyway you got any Pumpkin pie?'

'Yes I could make Harry Potter a nice pie' Dobby looked rather proud at being asked for food from his hero, and it could be observed that the other house elves were looking rather jealous as Dobby quickly brought Harry a enormous plate full of pie

'Cheers Dobby, I'll bring you some socks or something soon' Harry said as he wiped his mouth on his sleeve after demolishing the pie in record time and headed for the door

'Oh thank you Harry Potter, you is so good and so kind to poor Dobby' Dobby said with a very toothy grin as he hurried to wash Harry Potter's dish up first

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(A/N: I just couldn't finish the chapter without a Draco encounter)

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'Hey are you the guy who opened the chamber of secrets? Cos shouldn't you be in Slytherin?' a small Hufflepuff boy probably in his second year tugged on Harry's sleeve in the corridor and asked a question which attracted an interested crowd of younger students

'Scram kids, we're late' Ron said, he didn't actually mind being late for divination but he still didn't think Harry would want to be held up with stupid questions

'So Potter, trying to be heir of Slytherin again?' Draco called across the hallway from where he had apparently seen the whole thing

'I was never and will never be the heir of Slytherin' Harry said with an angry scowl at Draco and the goon squad

'I'm sorry my mistake, is it the heir of Gryffindor now?' Draco asked with mock interest

'Whatever it is, it's bound to be a hell of a lot better than what you are' Ron chimed in with a glare, Harry laughed at this remark

'Laugh while you can, I'll get my revenge soon' Draco said with poorly concealed glee

'Oh dear dear dear, poor misinformed Draco' Harry said as he began to laugh harder, he found it so funny that he laughed harder which only served to infuriate Malfoy even more than usual

'Stop laughing and tell me what you're talking about' Draco demanded looking thoroughly confused, which was an amusing sight in itself

'I do not take orders from anyone Malfoy, especially not you' Harry stopped laughing and spoke very seriously. But he soon felt like laughing again as he continued speaking 'however I feel sorry for you so here's some free advice, talk to your precious father and maybe he'll tell you how he trembled at Voldemort's name and left in a hurry'

'He did no such thing' Draco said indignantly as though Harry's accusation had mortally wounded him

'What's that saying that's so fitting?' Harry turned to Ron who caught on immediately

'Like father like son' Ron suggested with a sly smile in Draco's suggestion

'Exactly both delusional, both scared and both heading for a fall' Harry finished as he walked away before Draco could recover and set Goyle or Crabbe after them
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Thank you to all my reviewers for chapter three, I appreciate every single one:

Savi2070, rotc girl, aloria, HoT*lIkE*fIrE, Stoneheart, Alicia Renee, Audra, wh469, Joan, Mystical Witch, babooshka, Otaku freak, Lily, Lady Russell Holmes, Silver Dragon Princess, lunatyme, ^_^, Li-chan, Fruity

An even bigger thanks if you added me to your favourites list, it really inspired me to keep writing

Sorry if I got some of your names wrong, some of the ones that weren't signed were rather hard to work out

I would reply to every review individually but I'm rather pushed for time, however I'd like to answer a few of them and I will try answering everyone for this chapter after all my exams are finally finished (10th)

Lily – The amigus idea of sneaking out of the grounds was good, however I couldn't think of any decent small animals so he'll just have to be very sly because he will be leaving Hogwarts for some late night adventures

Wh469 – The body is definitely here to stay, as is most of the attitude and they aren't the result of the potion, you have my promise on that

Alicia Renee – I do feel special, I'm very happy to read any of your reviews signed or not

Stoneheart - Your reviews mean so much to me, they're always so nice and helpful even though I make some stupid mistakes sometimes, cheers

And well done to rotc natzi(not really) for spotting that the questions were from the first book, you earn a cookie

Finally another of my pleas to review, go on, you can leave a blank review if you don't want to write, just so long as you leave one