I know, it took a while! But it's done! If I'd been able to come up worth
an idea for the flashback scene yesterday then that's when I would have
posted it! *Glares pointedly at JC* It's your fault!
JC: Since when am I your muse!
SW: Since now, vampire boy!
JC: Aw crap.
SW: Now, go say the disclaimer like a good boy.
JC: *Wanders off*
Now, I'm afraid that if I'm going to post this chapter before I have to leave and go to my dad's, I'm not going to be able to reply to your reviews! I'm sorry.
But, I really want to thank you all. So thank you, sooo much! I really appreciate the reviews, and I hope you review again!
~Usagi Serenity Yui Cosmos
~LoonyLoopyLisa
~Lia
~momma-dar
~alex
~Lady Lightening
~Emily
~litine
~R.K. Kensington
~Xirleb70
~Naramu Mizu
~Caz Malfoy
~Arafel
~VB
~Jordan
~Them Girl
~Dark-One Shadowphyre
~In Silent Lucidity
~rayvern
~Crammer
~Amy
~GEZ1985
~Star Mage
~Remmy
~Anora
~Samantha
~headncloud
I'd just like to say, one more time, THANK YOU!!!
DISCLAIMER: JC: SW owns only the characters in the flashback scene (besides Harry) and a smelly dog and a snake ring and a used piece of chewing gum. And four Harry Potter books. She doesn't own much else, and none of it is the HP characters!
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It's a Fact, Kid
By Silver Wolf
Chapter Seven
Sylvan sat next to Blaise in the Potions classroom, knowing that Draco would have taken the opportunity to begin his revenge had he sat with him. Draco and Morag sat in front of them, while Vince and Greg took the seats behind.
They were the first to class, but not long after they arrived Ron, Hermione, Parvati, Lavender and Dean joined them. Pansy and Millicent entered a minute later.
Sylvan wondered whether or not Snape would beat Neville and Seamus to the classroom. They dashed in just then, and right after they had sat down, the door flew open and Snape strode in.
"We will be working on the Polyjuice Potion for the next few weeks in pairs. You will work with whomever you are sitting with now. The ingredients you will need to start are listed on the board, along with the instructions. Copy them down. Get to work!"
Rolling his eyes, Sylvan copied the instructions down, and then began setting up his cauldron while waiting for Blaise to finish.
As they worked, the class began to talk quietly. Snape ignored them, preferring to grade the third year Gryffindors essays. There were an awful lot of suspiciously low numbers.
"Alex, I don't believe that you've had the, uh, 'pleasure' of meeting our Gryffindor counterparts?"
"No Blaise, I haven't. Why don't you tell me a little bit about them?"
Blaise pointed to each Gryffindor in turn, describing them briefly. "Ron Weasley. He's a Chaser on their team. Has a terrible temper and, according to Draco, he packs quite a punch. Hermione Granger. She's a know-it-all. Known for being queen of the library, Prefect, and most likely candidate for Head Girl. They've been a couple since last Christmas.
"Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown. They're ditsy, Divination crazed girls. They're the other two Gryffindor Chasers, and, if you'd believe it, they're actually pretty damn good.
"Dean Thomas. He's a Beater, and Co-Captain. Pretty good in classes, but mostly keeps out of fights with anyone. The teachers like him. He's dating Lavender.
"Seamus Finnigan. Class clown, most of the time. Does okay at classes, and he's friends with pretty much everyone. Even me. Took over the prankster empire after Weasley's brothers, Fred and George left. Plays Keeper, and is the other Co-Captain.
"Last of all, Neville Longbottom. He's the other Beater, and a Prefect. Blows up a cauldron every third lesson or so, and has never gotten a Potion completely correct in his life. And that's them."
"So, who are your main enemies? Surely you don't just hate all of them?"
Blaise laughed. "No, of course not! Draco and Weasley utterly detest one another, have done for years, and Pansy's rivalry with Granger has been the stuff of legends this past few months. Morag's the only person in the school apart from Snape who can't stand Seamus, and they've been fighting for a while."
They continued to work on their potion, and after glancing at the ingredients that he'd written down, Sylvan realised that neither he nor Blaise had any knotgrass. Luckily, Snape had a supply of each ingredient needed in the potion in case of an occurrence such as this.
He quickly told Blaise where he was going and stood up. He picked up a small bundle of knotgrass and was just turning to go back when he managed to run head first into Hermione Granger.
"Watch where you're going!" she snapped, obviously expecting Draco Malfoy's cousin to be just like him.
"I'm very sorry for running into you. I'm Alex. You're Hermione, right?"
She looked startled. "Yes, I am. Did you run out of knotgrass?" she asked, spying the ingredient in his hand.
"Yeah. I used it all up before Christmas at the MMA, and I forgot to get some more. What did you need?"
"Lacewing flies. I only had half the amount needed, and Ron didn't have any."
"Say Hermione," Sylvan said, getting an idea, "I've heard that you know what's where in the Hogwarts Library better than any student, and even some of the teachers. Do you think you could help me find a book there later?"
Hermione was stunned. Obviously, the thought of a polite Slytherin, let alone one related to a Malfoy, was enough to shock her. "Of course. After dinner?"
He smiled at her. "Thank you. I'll have to find a way to repay you."
She smiled back. "Just continue to be nice to me, and maybe keep your cousin in check, and I'd be happy to show you around the library any time."
Sylvan went back to his table, glad to have made a good impression on his old friend. And with her help, he should be able to find the book Andrew had wanted with no problems at all.
"What were you talking to Granger about?" Blaise asked curiously as he took the knotgrass from Sylvan and stirred it gently into the potion.
"Oh, nothing much."
Blaise shrugged, deciding that it was up to Sylvan whom he made friends with. After all, he'd be the one who had to deal with an irate Draco.
It seemed as though the lesson flew by, and their Polyjuice Potion was progressing nicely. When Snape dismissed them they packed up and headed towards the DADA classroom.
As they approached their doom - er, class, Draco fell into step with Sylvan. "He's gonna torture us, isn't he?"
"Oh yeah. We are sooo dead."
They entered the classroom and took their seats, Sylvan between Draco and Blaise. Behind them, Morag was between Vince and Greg.
The Gryffindors showed up next. Hermione, Ron and Seamus sat in the three seats in front of them.
Once the rest of the class had wandered in, they sat talking quietly, waiting for their teacher.
"Speaking of the aforementioned torture," Draco said, "Any idea what he's gonna teach?"
Sylvan shook his head. "Not a clue. I didn't even know he was going to be here. Did you?"
"Nope. Bastard."
"Please refrain from swearing in my class, Draco. It tends to annoy me."
Draco groaned, and Sylvan rolled his eyes with a sigh. The rest of the class looked pleased to see their old teacher.
"As you all know, I'm Remus Lupin and I'm taking you for DADA at the moment. And to start off, we're going to be studying Mediators. Does anyone actually know what a Mediator is?"
Hermione's hand was first into the air, followed almost immediately by Dean's, Morag's and Blaise's. Sylvan caught Remus looking at him pointedly, and raised his own hand reluctantly.
"All right, Alex, isn't it? Go ahead, explain as best you can."
************Flashback**************
"Raised you?" Toni said incredulously. "But he's only thirteen years older than you!"
Harry smiled. "I know. But you see, my 'family' didn't really care to have me in the house, and I couldn't spend all my time with old Mrs Figg! I met Corey when I was four, and he stopped some older kids picking on me. I spent a lot of time with him after that."
"I don't see why he couldn't just TELL me that!"
"Maybe he doesn't know," Harry suggested. "I haven't seen him since I began at Hogwarts anyway."
"Well, I suppose the only way to find out is to go in there and ask. Shall we?"
"We shall."
The two of them walked up to the front door, and although Toni could have walked through it she didn't, preferring to wait for Harry to knock and for someone to let them in.
The door opened a minute after Harry knocked, and when Toni was trying to convince him to do so a second time.
"Hello," the woman who answered the door said with a grin, "You must be Harry. I'm Maxine."
"Nice to meet you," Harry replied. "But can I have an explanation as to why I'm here sometime soon?"
Maxine glared at Toni, green-grey eyes flashing. "You didn't tell him?" she demanded.
Toni glared back. "I told him that he was a Mediator, I gave him the short version of what a Mediator is, and I told him that I'm his spirit guide. What else did you want me to say???"
"Nothing," a third voice interrupted.
Harry sighed in relief as the argument was averted, and turned to regard the owner of the suspiciously familiar voice.
The man had sandy blonde hair and was fairly tall. His aqua eyes were amused, and he was smiling at the antics of Maxine and Toni.
"Hey Harry," he said casually, as though he'd seen him yesterday.
"Hey Corey," Harry replied in the same fashion.
Maxine turned to Corey. "Is Brad here?" she asked.
Corey shook his head. "He went to talk to Andrew. Said he'd be back tomorrow sometime."
The honey blonde woman grinned at him slyly. "In that case, my dear friend, you've earned yourself the honour of being Harry's primary teacher!"
"What?" he yelped. "Why?"
"Mainly because you already know him," she said laughingly. "And also because you're here, and it's convenient. I've already got Lisa, Maddy and Hannah, and Brad's got Connor and Luke. You've been sitting here on your arse with nothing to do."
Corey sighed mournfully. "Harry, is that okay with you?"
"Sure. As long as I don't end up in a lake anywhere, or stuck in a rowboat without oars, or in a cave without light, or - "
"Okay, okay!" Corey protested. "I'm sorry! I promise it wont happen again!"
"Again???" Toni and Maxine chorused.
Harry winced. "I'll tell you about it one day."
Corey turned to Harry. "Do you want to get started?"
"Sure."
He grinned. "I'll show you to your room first, so you can put your trunk down. Toni, meet us in the library. Max, I'll see you later."
"Bye!" she called cheerfully as they began up the stairs. "Have fun!"
After unpacking his things, Harry followed Corey to the library, where Toni was waiting for them.
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Another chapter over and done with! I hope you enjoyed it, and the fact that there was only one cliffhanger, and it wasn't really a cliffhanger.
Although, I do think that Moony knows more than Draco about where his brother was before Lucius met up with him. I wonder how?
Please review!
~SW
JC: Since when am I your muse!
SW: Since now, vampire boy!
JC: Aw crap.
SW: Now, go say the disclaimer like a good boy.
JC: *Wanders off*
Now, I'm afraid that if I'm going to post this chapter before I have to leave and go to my dad's, I'm not going to be able to reply to your reviews! I'm sorry.
But, I really want to thank you all. So thank you, sooo much! I really appreciate the reviews, and I hope you review again!
~Usagi Serenity Yui Cosmos
~LoonyLoopyLisa
~Lia
~momma-dar
~alex
~Lady Lightening
~Emily
~litine
~R.K. Kensington
~Xirleb70
~Naramu Mizu
~Caz Malfoy
~Arafel
~VB
~Jordan
~Them Girl
~Dark-One Shadowphyre
~In Silent Lucidity
~rayvern
~Crammer
~Amy
~GEZ1985
~Star Mage
~Remmy
~Anora
~Samantha
~headncloud
I'd just like to say, one more time, THANK YOU!!!
DISCLAIMER: JC: SW owns only the characters in the flashback scene (besides Harry) and a smelly dog and a snake ring and a used piece of chewing gum. And four Harry Potter books. She doesn't own much else, and none of it is the HP characters!
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It's a Fact, Kid
By Silver Wolf
Chapter Seven
Sylvan sat next to Blaise in the Potions classroom, knowing that Draco would have taken the opportunity to begin his revenge had he sat with him. Draco and Morag sat in front of them, while Vince and Greg took the seats behind.
They were the first to class, but not long after they arrived Ron, Hermione, Parvati, Lavender and Dean joined them. Pansy and Millicent entered a minute later.
Sylvan wondered whether or not Snape would beat Neville and Seamus to the classroom. They dashed in just then, and right after they had sat down, the door flew open and Snape strode in.
"We will be working on the Polyjuice Potion for the next few weeks in pairs. You will work with whomever you are sitting with now. The ingredients you will need to start are listed on the board, along with the instructions. Copy them down. Get to work!"
Rolling his eyes, Sylvan copied the instructions down, and then began setting up his cauldron while waiting for Blaise to finish.
As they worked, the class began to talk quietly. Snape ignored them, preferring to grade the third year Gryffindors essays. There were an awful lot of suspiciously low numbers.
"Alex, I don't believe that you've had the, uh, 'pleasure' of meeting our Gryffindor counterparts?"
"No Blaise, I haven't. Why don't you tell me a little bit about them?"
Blaise pointed to each Gryffindor in turn, describing them briefly. "Ron Weasley. He's a Chaser on their team. Has a terrible temper and, according to Draco, he packs quite a punch. Hermione Granger. She's a know-it-all. Known for being queen of the library, Prefect, and most likely candidate for Head Girl. They've been a couple since last Christmas.
"Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown. They're ditsy, Divination crazed girls. They're the other two Gryffindor Chasers, and, if you'd believe it, they're actually pretty damn good.
"Dean Thomas. He's a Beater, and Co-Captain. Pretty good in classes, but mostly keeps out of fights with anyone. The teachers like him. He's dating Lavender.
"Seamus Finnigan. Class clown, most of the time. Does okay at classes, and he's friends with pretty much everyone. Even me. Took over the prankster empire after Weasley's brothers, Fred and George left. Plays Keeper, and is the other Co-Captain.
"Last of all, Neville Longbottom. He's the other Beater, and a Prefect. Blows up a cauldron every third lesson or so, and has never gotten a Potion completely correct in his life. And that's them."
"So, who are your main enemies? Surely you don't just hate all of them?"
Blaise laughed. "No, of course not! Draco and Weasley utterly detest one another, have done for years, and Pansy's rivalry with Granger has been the stuff of legends this past few months. Morag's the only person in the school apart from Snape who can't stand Seamus, and they've been fighting for a while."
They continued to work on their potion, and after glancing at the ingredients that he'd written down, Sylvan realised that neither he nor Blaise had any knotgrass. Luckily, Snape had a supply of each ingredient needed in the potion in case of an occurrence such as this.
He quickly told Blaise where he was going and stood up. He picked up a small bundle of knotgrass and was just turning to go back when he managed to run head first into Hermione Granger.
"Watch where you're going!" she snapped, obviously expecting Draco Malfoy's cousin to be just like him.
"I'm very sorry for running into you. I'm Alex. You're Hermione, right?"
She looked startled. "Yes, I am. Did you run out of knotgrass?" she asked, spying the ingredient in his hand.
"Yeah. I used it all up before Christmas at the MMA, and I forgot to get some more. What did you need?"
"Lacewing flies. I only had half the amount needed, and Ron didn't have any."
"Say Hermione," Sylvan said, getting an idea, "I've heard that you know what's where in the Hogwarts Library better than any student, and even some of the teachers. Do you think you could help me find a book there later?"
Hermione was stunned. Obviously, the thought of a polite Slytherin, let alone one related to a Malfoy, was enough to shock her. "Of course. After dinner?"
He smiled at her. "Thank you. I'll have to find a way to repay you."
She smiled back. "Just continue to be nice to me, and maybe keep your cousin in check, and I'd be happy to show you around the library any time."
Sylvan went back to his table, glad to have made a good impression on his old friend. And with her help, he should be able to find the book Andrew had wanted with no problems at all.
"What were you talking to Granger about?" Blaise asked curiously as he took the knotgrass from Sylvan and stirred it gently into the potion.
"Oh, nothing much."
Blaise shrugged, deciding that it was up to Sylvan whom he made friends with. After all, he'd be the one who had to deal with an irate Draco.
It seemed as though the lesson flew by, and their Polyjuice Potion was progressing nicely. When Snape dismissed them they packed up and headed towards the DADA classroom.
As they approached their doom - er, class, Draco fell into step with Sylvan. "He's gonna torture us, isn't he?"
"Oh yeah. We are sooo dead."
They entered the classroom and took their seats, Sylvan between Draco and Blaise. Behind them, Morag was between Vince and Greg.
The Gryffindors showed up next. Hermione, Ron and Seamus sat in the three seats in front of them.
Once the rest of the class had wandered in, they sat talking quietly, waiting for their teacher.
"Speaking of the aforementioned torture," Draco said, "Any idea what he's gonna teach?"
Sylvan shook his head. "Not a clue. I didn't even know he was going to be here. Did you?"
"Nope. Bastard."
"Please refrain from swearing in my class, Draco. It tends to annoy me."
Draco groaned, and Sylvan rolled his eyes with a sigh. The rest of the class looked pleased to see their old teacher.
"As you all know, I'm Remus Lupin and I'm taking you for DADA at the moment. And to start off, we're going to be studying Mediators. Does anyone actually know what a Mediator is?"
Hermione's hand was first into the air, followed almost immediately by Dean's, Morag's and Blaise's. Sylvan caught Remus looking at him pointedly, and raised his own hand reluctantly.
"All right, Alex, isn't it? Go ahead, explain as best you can."
************Flashback**************
"Raised you?" Toni said incredulously. "But he's only thirteen years older than you!"
Harry smiled. "I know. But you see, my 'family' didn't really care to have me in the house, and I couldn't spend all my time with old Mrs Figg! I met Corey when I was four, and he stopped some older kids picking on me. I spent a lot of time with him after that."
"I don't see why he couldn't just TELL me that!"
"Maybe he doesn't know," Harry suggested. "I haven't seen him since I began at Hogwarts anyway."
"Well, I suppose the only way to find out is to go in there and ask. Shall we?"
"We shall."
The two of them walked up to the front door, and although Toni could have walked through it she didn't, preferring to wait for Harry to knock and for someone to let them in.
The door opened a minute after Harry knocked, and when Toni was trying to convince him to do so a second time.
"Hello," the woman who answered the door said with a grin, "You must be Harry. I'm Maxine."
"Nice to meet you," Harry replied. "But can I have an explanation as to why I'm here sometime soon?"
Maxine glared at Toni, green-grey eyes flashing. "You didn't tell him?" she demanded.
Toni glared back. "I told him that he was a Mediator, I gave him the short version of what a Mediator is, and I told him that I'm his spirit guide. What else did you want me to say???"
"Nothing," a third voice interrupted.
Harry sighed in relief as the argument was averted, and turned to regard the owner of the suspiciously familiar voice.
The man had sandy blonde hair and was fairly tall. His aqua eyes were amused, and he was smiling at the antics of Maxine and Toni.
"Hey Harry," he said casually, as though he'd seen him yesterday.
"Hey Corey," Harry replied in the same fashion.
Maxine turned to Corey. "Is Brad here?" she asked.
Corey shook his head. "He went to talk to Andrew. Said he'd be back tomorrow sometime."
The honey blonde woman grinned at him slyly. "In that case, my dear friend, you've earned yourself the honour of being Harry's primary teacher!"
"What?" he yelped. "Why?"
"Mainly because you already know him," she said laughingly. "And also because you're here, and it's convenient. I've already got Lisa, Maddy and Hannah, and Brad's got Connor and Luke. You've been sitting here on your arse with nothing to do."
Corey sighed mournfully. "Harry, is that okay with you?"
"Sure. As long as I don't end up in a lake anywhere, or stuck in a rowboat without oars, or in a cave without light, or - "
"Okay, okay!" Corey protested. "I'm sorry! I promise it wont happen again!"
"Again???" Toni and Maxine chorused.
Harry winced. "I'll tell you about it one day."
Corey turned to Harry. "Do you want to get started?"
"Sure."
He grinned. "I'll show you to your room first, so you can put your trunk down. Toni, meet us in the library. Max, I'll see you later."
"Bye!" she called cheerfully as they began up the stairs. "Have fun!"
After unpacking his things, Harry followed Corey to the library, where Toni was waiting for them.
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Another chapter over and done with! I hope you enjoyed it, and the fact that there was only one cliffhanger, and it wasn't really a cliffhanger.
Although, I do think that Moony knows more than Draco about where his brother was before Lucius met up with him. I wonder how?
Please review!
~SW
