Chapter 3: The first date

It was the first day back at Hogwarts and Harry felt dead on his feet he hadn't been able to sleep. He kept having dreams that he was lost in the dessert and anyone he met would die.

He tried explaining this to Ron and Hermione but they both just shrugged and Ron said, "You used to have dreams about you know who and maybe now he's gone you may have a few weird dreams" "I agree with Ron, Harry don't worry you can always go to Dumbledore if you think the dreams are getting really bad." Harry decided to ignore the dream and went down to breakfast with the others.

When they got down to the Great Hall Harry turned to Ron, Hermione and Ginny and told them to save him a space, He then walked over to Seamus Finnegan, Dean Thomas and Lavender Brown, also in their 7th and last year at Hogwarts. "I hope you three have been practicing over the holidays. We got our first match coming up." Harry said looking at the now pail faces of his friends and fellow Quidditch players. Just then Colin and Dennis Creevy appeared at Harry's side. "Who are we against first?" Colin asked anxiously. "Slytherin." Replied Harry a cold look spreading over his face, he was remembering the year before when Draco Malfoy had slammed into Seamus causing both his legs to break. Harry looked at his team and noticed that they too had made the same face as himself. "Come on guys," Ron said walking over and looking at his friends, "we still won the Quidditch and House cups!!"

Harry was just leaving his second class when he suddenly felt a chill run up his spine, he turned round a realized that he was alone. He quickly turned and saw a huge purple and silver blur coming straight towards him. As the blur charged though the corridor Harry realized that it was a man who looked like he ended in a wisp of smoke, a Genie. The Genie stopped right in front of Harry and said, in a tone quite like Lupin's, "I am Poseidon, Genie to the heir of Merlin. Who young sir, are you?" Harry stared at the genie and realized at once that he did not look anything like the genies Harry read about in Dudley's muggle books. This Genie looked kinder but with a strong glimmer in his eyes, he was wearing a long black cloak that trailed back into the smoke behind him and had a large green amulet round his neck. "I'm Harry Potter." Harry said wide-eyed. "Potter? Ah yes Harry Potter, James' son I used to know him well." "You.. you knew my dad?" "Yes and as you his son I guess I serve you now." "What? What do you mean serve me?" "Merlin was your dad's great, great, great granddad and I was created to help his heir battle the never-ending struggle against evil."

To be continued....