Chapter 4: Home Sweet Home
Harry woke up at 6 a.m. to the sound of his alarm clock. He went into the bathroom, brushed his teeth and made his way down to the common room, still in the sweat pants and t-shirt he had worn to sleep the night before.
After moving some furniture around Harry had cleared a small portion of the room. After going through some stretches he started on his workout. He started with 25 push ups and 30 sit ups, repeating the exercise a couple times.
Harry stood up, transfigured a chair into a punching bag, and had hit magically hover a few feet in the air. The transfiguration spell had taken him a couple weeks to learn over the summer, and Harry had almost mastered it by now. For the next 15 minutes Harry jabbed and kicked the bag rhythmatically, trying different combinations of the punches and kicks. Since the exercise equipment Harry had purchased had to be left at Privet Drive Harry had to work out his arms and legs this way.
"Hey there tough guy" Harry was startled by the voice, lost his balance and came crashing to the ground.
"Didn't mean to startle you" Lavender spoke, trying to stifle her laugh but failing miserably.
Harry looked up at her from the ground blushing as she spoke. He quickly got up off the ground and wiped the beads of sweat on his face with his shirt.
"We'll at least all this exercise is doing you some good"
Harry blushed again. Looking Lavender over he noticed that her hair was perfectly straight, even though he could tell that she had just woken up. He also noticed the curve to her body, her night gown didn't do a good job of hiding it.
"Don't you have any shame Harry? Exercising in the common room, trying to make the other guys jealous are we?" Lavender joked.
"Maybe. So what are you doing down here, I hope your not trying to seduce me Ms Brown by wearing such a revealing nighty in front of me."
Lavender let out a gasp as she looked down to realize that she still had her night gown on and ran up the stairs to the girls dorms.
Harry chuckled at this and set out to replace the common room to its original setting, proceeded up the stairs straight into the bathroom to shower and get ready.
"What do we have first today?" Ron asked, tying the laces on his shoes. It was now 7:20, Harry had been ready for quite some time now, he was moving around the room, playing with the Sword of Gryffindor.
Harry put the sword back above the mantle where it hovered on its own when he released it. Reaching over to his bedside table he grabbed the parchment with the timetable on it.
Harry let out a groan as he scanned through the timetable.
"What is it Harry?" Ron asked, finishing the laces on his other shoe.
"We have potions first today, and with the Slytherins again" Harry moaned.
"Why are we always stuck with those slimy gits" Ron replied letting out a groan of his own.
"Were stuck with them a lot this year, we have Potions, DaDA and CoMC (Care of Magical Creatures, Im to damn lazy to type it so that's what it'll be) with them."
Ron picked up his books, put them in his bag and looked at Harry "we'll im going to get some breakfast, I'm not about to go to Potions with an empty stomach, you commin Harry?" Ron was at the dorm exit by this time.
"Yeah, ill be there in a sec, start without me."
Ron shrugged and left the room. Harry started putting his books away and looked at his timetable. He had Potions, Herbology, double History of Magic and then Dragon Handling (which was a spare until they actually got here). This day couldn't get any worse Harry thought walking to wards the dorm exit.
"Harry what the HELL did you do? Hermione burst through the door of the dorm, just grazing his face.
"Ow, what the hells wrong with you?" Harry burst out holding his hands on his nose where the door hit.
Hermione calmed down a great deal when she noticed what she had done to Harry. "Oh im so sorry Harry" she reached out to touch the spot Harry was hit.
"You should be, what has gotten into you?"
"I don't know, maybe the fact that Lavender burst into our room crying this morning. You'd better do something because the only word we got out of her was her squealing your name when she came in."
Just when this couldn't get any worse Harry thought "I'll talk to her."
"Just remember she's a girl, don't be stupid."
"Whatever that supposed to mean" Harry mumbled walking pas Hermione and to the girls dorm.
He entered the 5th year girls dormitory, he noticed that it was a lot like theirs, the same four poster beds lined up against the wall, except for the fact that there were 7 beds instead of their 5. The walls had posters of various wizard celebrities around each of the beds.
Lavender was sitting on the bed nearest the wall opposite to him, with her hands around her knees and 5 girls around her trying to comfort her. One he recognized as Pavarti Patil, Lavenders best friend. Two of them were in his year, but he hadn't really bothered to get to know them, let alone find out their names. The other two were girls Harry had never seen before.
"Um could you guys excuse us for a moment?" Harry asked walking over to the bed.
They all gave him suspicious stares, Pavarti was about to speak but Lavender interupted her. "It's ok guys, I'll be fine."
"Alright, but if he does anything to hurt you just yell and we'll tear him to bits." The brunette with short hair said.
Harry couldn't help but snigger at the thought of being attacked by the five girls, except the thought of seeing the chubby black haired one angry did scare him a bit. Harry received cold glares from the girls as they left from the room.
His thoughts quickly came back to Lavender. Harry made his way to her bed and sat down beside her.
"Um, Lavender what's wrong?" Harry asked in the most concerned tone he could muster, knowing that its what girls like to hear.
"Nothing" Lavender replied, sounding like she had recovered after crying.
Harry let out a sigh "Obviously it's something I did, just tell me what it was and I'll do my best to fix it." He waited for a reply bet Lavender just looked at her bed sheet. Harry put his arm around her shoulder "Come on Lavender you can tell me, we're friends now remember, don't be like this I feel terrible." Harry did feel bad about Lavenders situation, but his frustration started to mount when again no answer came.
"I can't believe your not telling me what's wrong. I thought our friendship meant something to you, but I guess I was wrong." Harry said, trying to remain calm. He started to get off the bed, his frustration turning to anger.
"Our friendship does mean a lot to me Harry. It's just the conversation we had this morning, what you said about my night dress being revealing. I thought that I must have looked like a tramp."
Harrys anger was washed away as soon as it came upon hearing this statement. He sat back down on the bed, put his hand under her chin and lifted it up so that they made eye contact. "Your to beautiful to be a tramp." Harry said to her softly, mesmerized by her ocean blue eyes.
They both started to lean in to each other until their lips softly touched, both of them didn't move away and Harry started to press his lips into hers. He then felt something warm parting his lips. Having never kissed a girl before Harry was caught a bit off guard by it, and the feelings he was having but managed not to show it. He let Lavender continue and they stayed that way for what seemed like an eternity.
They finally parted. "You're a great kisser Harry" Lavender looked him in the eyes again, and Harry couldn't help but smile. "Not bad for a first-timer, I do hope there's more where that came from" Harry replied.
Lavender gave him a little shove and got up off the bed. "I'm going to get ready for class" Lavender said, picking out some clothes and heading towards the bathroom.
"I'll be waiting right here" Hairy replied over her shoulder "call me if you need me"
Lavender gave Harry another smile as she closed the door, and he couldn't help but smile back. Harry laid down on her bed and grabbed a copy of Witch Weekly from her bedside table. He flipped through it and started reading an article about him.
After about 20 minutes Lavender emerged from the bathroom, wearing her school uniform and robes. Her hair was now curled, something Hairy thought really suited her. He also didn't mind the light pink lipstick which went perfectly with her tanned skin, and contrasted with her ocean blue eyes.
"Did you know that I have been secretly dating girls twice my age since my first year?" Harry asked.
"Um, no"
"Hmmm, that's weird because neither did I." Harry tossed the magazine over to her.
Lavender giggled "don't worry about that its just rubbish...Um Hairy, I can't help but wonder what that kiss meant" her tone quickly became serious.
Harry walked up to her and indicated towards the poster of the Quidditch player above her bed "It depends a lot on what your boyfriend over there is gonna do about it" he joked.
"Im being serious Harry"
"So am I" at that moment Harry leaned down and gave Lavender another long kiss "that should be the only answer you need, you know how I feel, now its up to you to make it official."
"It's definitely official" Lavender replied, giving Harry another quick kiss, and then going for her school books.
"Well make sure you let your friends know everything's cool, wouldn't want me getting beat up by a pack of girls now would you?"
"Don't worry tough guy I'll let them know" Harry sensed a hint of sarcasm at that remark, but decided to let it slide.
"We missed breakfast Harry, better hurry or we'll be late for Potions, and I know Snape would crawl up your arse if we were."
"Then I guess we'd better get a move on" Harry put his arm around Lavenders shoulder and led her towards the potions classroom.
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They made it to the potions classroom just in time for class to begin, but Harry noticed that Snape wasn't there. He looked around to find that the Gryffindors and Slytherins were seated in opposite sides of the room as usual, Gryffindors on the left and Slytherins on the right.
Harry made his way towards the empty seat by Hermione and Ron, while Lavender joined Pavarti at the front of the class.
"Looks like you fixed things with Lavender Harry" Hermione commented as Harry was sitting down on Ron's left (closest to the Slytherins).
"Just had to turn on the charm, you know how it is" Harry joked, pilling his summer homework on top of his desk.
"I don't know what happened up there, but you to seemed to be on each others good terms if you know what I mean?" Ron joked slapping Harry on the back, causing him to almost knock his parchments off the table.
"What's that, Potter has a girlfriend? I thought you and the weasel were into each other" the sarcastic voice was all to familiar and Harry wasn't to surprised to find out it was coming from Draco. Ron was turning red and just about leapt for Malfoy but Harry managed to keep him in his seat, somehow.
"Oh jealous are we weasel? Don't worry, five galleons says she looks like a man?" Malfoy continued, receiving encouragement from the laughing Slytherins.
"I don't think I look like a man" Lavender sarcastically added from the front of the class.
"Maybe you need glasses, your eyesight isn't to well."
"I think you're the one who needs glasses there Malfoy, then maybe you would notice the only person after you is that goat over there" Harry added indicating at Pansy Parkinson who immediately stopped laughing and turned red. Now it was the Gryffindors who were in hysterics.
Malfoy lunged at Harry from where he stood and knocked him to the ground. Harry was caught of guard by the attack but quickly tripped Malfoy, who landed beside him.
They both reached for their wands, but Hermione quickly stepped in. "I wouldn't do that Malfoy, attacking another student is against the rules, wouldn't want your perfect badge taken away now would you?"
Harry and Draco both stood up, and went there separate ways (after of course casting a number of threatening glances at one another).
They all sat down in their normal seats, not wanting Hermione to start taking house points. The Gryffindors were still chuckling under their breath as Professor Snape walked into class several minutes late.
Snape walked up to the front of the class and spun around, casting dark stares to random people throughout the room. "Homework, now" he barked and the class quickly ran up to hand in their assignments from over the summer. Snape didn't forget to give Harry and extra hateful stare as he handed in his homework "I'm going to enjoy marking your assignment, better get my red ink ready."
Harry stared back into Snapes eyes, no emotion showing on his face, this year he wouldn't let him get on his nerves no matter what.
"Today were going to study the Fortaficus potion which is very similar to the Fortificus charm, where as you will be protected from almost all physical attacks. Oh, and for those of you who didn't do their homework properly the potion makes your body strong enough to withstand all physical attacks for 20 minutes, while the charm castes a shield around you depending on your ability to cast the charm." Groans could be heard throughout the class when they heard about the difference between the potions. "Why are you staring at me you idiots? Get to work in groups of 2 one from each house" the class was stunned at this, and no one moved to find a partner until Snape yelled "NOW."
The Gryffindors avoided pairing with Malfoy, while the Slytherins refused to pair up with Harry, in the end they were the only two left without partners. "I guess I'm stuck with you" Malfoy sneered taking a seat at an empty table. Harry joined him but didn't bother to comment.
"Just don't get in my way Potter, only Merlin knows if your much smarter then Longbottom over there."
"Shut-up Malfoy, lets just get his over with before I end up knocking your teeth out."
"I'd like to see you try" Malfoy replied, dicing his spider legs into small pieces.
Harry smirked and light the fire under the cauldron and poured four liters of water. The two worked for the rest of the class in silence and finished when they saw their potion turn the required rose pink shade. Looking around Harry noticed that most of the class was finishing off their potions and Neville hadn't caused a single explosion, mainly because Pansy was his partner and she wouldn't let him even come near the potion.
"You will be testing your potions on slugs, if you are not finished don't bother you never will. Return your slugs to the jar you remove them from after you have finished testing your potion and their still alive."
Malfoy picked up a slug and poured two drops of the potion on to it. Harry then too out his knife and tried to strike at the slug, but instead of hitting a soft slimy body it felt like he had struck the blade against rock.
"Mr Malfoy and Potter are the first successfully completed their potions, 5 points to Slytherin. That is all, you may pack up and wait for the bell to dismiss you." Snape made his way to his office.
Harry ignored Malfoy, packed his bags and made his way to his next class, not wanting to stay around, knowing his patience was wearing thin.
"Harry wait for me" cried a voice from behind him as he was halfway up the stairs leading out of the dungeons, he turned around to find Hermione jogging up the steps trying to catch up to them. Her hair swaying back and forth as she came up the stairs. She's really beautiful Harry thought to himself, not the same girl from last year.
"Hmmm, leaving class early, such unorthodox action for a perfect" Harry joked.
"We'll you looked odd and being the wonderful friend I am I decided to cheer you up, do you have a problem with that?"
"No, no problem at all" they both started to walk towards Herbology.
"Lavender is giving Malfoy a piece of her mind right now over your little fight with him, what's up with that?" Hermione gave Harry a nudge and raised her eyebrows.
"Nothing that concerns you" Harry blushed, but continued walking.
The rest of the day passed as a real bore for Harry. Herbology wasn't a subject he cared much for or enjoyed, he spent most of his time daydreaming or bugging the plants. History of Magic wasn't any better but at least Harry was able to catch up on his sleep. During dragon handling Dumbledore spoke with him about his jobs and gave him a book on Dragons. The dragons were arriving a couple days before Halloween, which gave him enough time to prepare.
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[John Bartle] Thanx for reviewing over the email buddy, I haven't really included the female reaction to the story but I guess I will because you asked me so nicely. Good to know im a favorite :)
[ShadowHunter] Hmmm I never knew there were other stories with the same name, oh well what can a guy do? I gave Harry power, but he's gonna get a lot stronger by working on it. That way he actually deserves it. LoL old moldy wort, I like it :P
[Author Note] sorry for the sudden ending, I just wanted to describe his first day, I wasn't really going to hook up Lavender and Harry so soon but I got a couple requests (from the same chick) to do so. I squeezed it in, hope it doesn't sound to corny im not to great with that stuff. Please read and review and place any suggestions. Plz R/R
Peace
Harry woke up at 6 a.m. to the sound of his alarm clock. He went into the bathroom, brushed his teeth and made his way down to the common room, still in the sweat pants and t-shirt he had worn to sleep the night before.
After moving some furniture around Harry had cleared a small portion of the room. After going through some stretches he started on his workout. He started with 25 push ups and 30 sit ups, repeating the exercise a couple times.
Harry stood up, transfigured a chair into a punching bag, and had hit magically hover a few feet in the air. The transfiguration spell had taken him a couple weeks to learn over the summer, and Harry had almost mastered it by now. For the next 15 minutes Harry jabbed and kicked the bag rhythmatically, trying different combinations of the punches and kicks. Since the exercise equipment Harry had purchased had to be left at Privet Drive Harry had to work out his arms and legs this way.
"Hey there tough guy" Harry was startled by the voice, lost his balance and came crashing to the ground.
"Didn't mean to startle you" Lavender spoke, trying to stifle her laugh but failing miserably.
Harry looked up at her from the ground blushing as she spoke. He quickly got up off the ground and wiped the beads of sweat on his face with his shirt.
"We'll at least all this exercise is doing you some good"
Harry blushed again. Looking Lavender over he noticed that her hair was perfectly straight, even though he could tell that she had just woken up. He also noticed the curve to her body, her night gown didn't do a good job of hiding it.
"Don't you have any shame Harry? Exercising in the common room, trying to make the other guys jealous are we?" Lavender joked.
"Maybe. So what are you doing down here, I hope your not trying to seduce me Ms Brown by wearing such a revealing nighty in front of me."
Lavender let out a gasp as she looked down to realize that she still had her night gown on and ran up the stairs to the girls dorms.
Harry chuckled at this and set out to replace the common room to its original setting, proceeded up the stairs straight into the bathroom to shower and get ready.
"What do we have first today?" Ron asked, tying the laces on his shoes. It was now 7:20, Harry had been ready for quite some time now, he was moving around the room, playing with the Sword of Gryffindor.
Harry put the sword back above the mantle where it hovered on its own when he released it. Reaching over to his bedside table he grabbed the parchment with the timetable on it.
Harry let out a groan as he scanned through the timetable.
"What is it Harry?" Ron asked, finishing the laces on his other shoe.
"We have potions first today, and with the Slytherins again" Harry moaned.
"Why are we always stuck with those slimy gits" Ron replied letting out a groan of his own.
"Were stuck with them a lot this year, we have Potions, DaDA and CoMC (Care of Magical Creatures, Im to damn lazy to type it so that's what it'll be) with them."
Ron picked up his books, put them in his bag and looked at Harry "we'll im going to get some breakfast, I'm not about to go to Potions with an empty stomach, you commin Harry?" Ron was at the dorm exit by this time.
"Yeah, ill be there in a sec, start without me."
Ron shrugged and left the room. Harry started putting his books away and looked at his timetable. He had Potions, Herbology, double History of Magic and then Dragon Handling (which was a spare until they actually got here). This day couldn't get any worse Harry thought walking to wards the dorm exit.
"Harry what the HELL did you do? Hermione burst through the door of the dorm, just grazing his face.
"Ow, what the hells wrong with you?" Harry burst out holding his hands on his nose where the door hit.
Hermione calmed down a great deal when she noticed what she had done to Harry. "Oh im so sorry Harry" she reached out to touch the spot Harry was hit.
"You should be, what has gotten into you?"
"I don't know, maybe the fact that Lavender burst into our room crying this morning. You'd better do something because the only word we got out of her was her squealing your name when she came in."
Just when this couldn't get any worse Harry thought "I'll talk to her."
"Just remember she's a girl, don't be stupid."
"Whatever that supposed to mean" Harry mumbled walking pas Hermione and to the girls dorm.
He entered the 5th year girls dormitory, he noticed that it was a lot like theirs, the same four poster beds lined up against the wall, except for the fact that there were 7 beds instead of their 5. The walls had posters of various wizard celebrities around each of the beds.
Lavender was sitting on the bed nearest the wall opposite to him, with her hands around her knees and 5 girls around her trying to comfort her. One he recognized as Pavarti Patil, Lavenders best friend. Two of them were in his year, but he hadn't really bothered to get to know them, let alone find out their names. The other two were girls Harry had never seen before.
"Um could you guys excuse us for a moment?" Harry asked walking over to the bed.
They all gave him suspicious stares, Pavarti was about to speak but Lavender interupted her. "It's ok guys, I'll be fine."
"Alright, but if he does anything to hurt you just yell and we'll tear him to bits." The brunette with short hair said.
Harry couldn't help but snigger at the thought of being attacked by the five girls, except the thought of seeing the chubby black haired one angry did scare him a bit. Harry received cold glares from the girls as they left from the room.
His thoughts quickly came back to Lavender. Harry made his way to her bed and sat down beside her.
"Um, Lavender what's wrong?" Harry asked in the most concerned tone he could muster, knowing that its what girls like to hear.
"Nothing" Lavender replied, sounding like she had recovered after crying.
Harry let out a sigh "Obviously it's something I did, just tell me what it was and I'll do my best to fix it." He waited for a reply bet Lavender just looked at her bed sheet. Harry put his arm around her shoulder "Come on Lavender you can tell me, we're friends now remember, don't be like this I feel terrible." Harry did feel bad about Lavenders situation, but his frustration started to mount when again no answer came.
"I can't believe your not telling me what's wrong. I thought our friendship meant something to you, but I guess I was wrong." Harry said, trying to remain calm. He started to get off the bed, his frustration turning to anger.
"Our friendship does mean a lot to me Harry. It's just the conversation we had this morning, what you said about my night dress being revealing. I thought that I must have looked like a tramp."
Harrys anger was washed away as soon as it came upon hearing this statement. He sat back down on the bed, put his hand under her chin and lifted it up so that they made eye contact. "Your to beautiful to be a tramp." Harry said to her softly, mesmerized by her ocean blue eyes.
They both started to lean in to each other until their lips softly touched, both of them didn't move away and Harry started to press his lips into hers. He then felt something warm parting his lips. Having never kissed a girl before Harry was caught a bit off guard by it, and the feelings he was having but managed not to show it. He let Lavender continue and they stayed that way for what seemed like an eternity.
They finally parted. "You're a great kisser Harry" Lavender looked him in the eyes again, and Harry couldn't help but smile. "Not bad for a first-timer, I do hope there's more where that came from" Harry replied.
Lavender gave him a little shove and got up off the bed. "I'm going to get ready for class" Lavender said, picking out some clothes and heading towards the bathroom.
"I'll be waiting right here" Hairy replied over her shoulder "call me if you need me"
Lavender gave Harry another smile as she closed the door, and he couldn't help but smile back. Harry laid down on her bed and grabbed a copy of Witch Weekly from her bedside table. He flipped through it and started reading an article about him.
After about 20 minutes Lavender emerged from the bathroom, wearing her school uniform and robes. Her hair was now curled, something Hairy thought really suited her. He also didn't mind the light pink lipstick which went perfectly with her tanned skin, and contrasted with her ocean blue eyes.
"Did you know that I have been secretly dating girls twice my age since my first year?" Harry asked.
"Um, no"
"Hmmm, that's weird because neither did I." Harry tossed the magazine over to her.
Lavender giggled "don't worry about that its just rubbish...Um Hairy, I can't help but wonder what that kiss meant" her tone quickly became serious.
Harry walked up to her and indicated towards the poster of the Quidditch player above her bed "It depends a lot on what your boyfriend over there is gonna do about it" he joked.
"Im being serious Harry"
"So am I" at that moment Harry leaned down and gave Lavender another long kiss "that should be the only answer you need, you know how I feel, now its up to you to make it official."
"It's definitely official" Lavender replied, giving Harry another quick kiss, and then going for her school books.
"Well make sure you let your friends know everything's cool, wouldn't want me getting beat up by a pack of girls now would you?"
"Don't worry tough guy I'll let them know" Harry sensed a hint of sarcasm at that remark, but decided to let it slide.
"We missed breakfast Harry, better hurry or we'll be late for Potions, and I know Snape would crawl up your arse if we were."
"Then I guess we'd better get a move on" Harry put his arm around Lavenders shoulder and led her towards the potions classroom.
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They made it to the potions classroom just in time for class to begin, but Harry noticed that Snape wasn't there. He looked around to find that the Gryffindors and Slytherins were seated in opposite sides of the room as usual, Gryffindors on the left and Slytherins on the right.
Harry made his way towards the empty seat by Hermione and Ron, while Lavender joined Pavarti at the front of the class.
"Looks like you fixed things with Lavender Harry" Hermione commented as Harry was sitting down on Ron's left (closest to the Slytherins).
"Just had to turn on the charm, you know how it is" Harry joked, pilling his summer homework on top of his desk.
"I don't know what happened up there, but you to seemed to be on each others good terms if you know what I mean?" Ron joked slapping Harry on the back, causing him to almost knock his parchments off the table.
"What's that, Potter has a girlfriend? I thought you and the weasel were into each other" the sarcastic voice was all to familiar and Harry wasn't to surprised to find out it was coming from Draco. Ron was turning red and just about leapt for Malfoy but Harry managed to keep him in his seat, somehow.
"Oh jealous are we weasel? Don't worry, five galleons says she looks like a man?" Malfoy continued, receiving encouragement from the laughing Slytherins.
"I don't think I look like a man" Lavender sarcastically added from the front of the class.
"Maybe you need glasses, your eyesight isn't to well."
"I think you're the one who needs glasses there Malfoy, then maybe you would notice the only person after you is that goat over there" Harry added indicating at Pansy Parkinson who immediately stopped laughing and turned red. Now it was the Gryffindors who were in hysterics.
Malfoy lunged at Harry from where he stood and knocked him to the ground. Harry was caught of guard by the attack but quickly tripped Malfoy, who landed beside him.
They both reached for their wands, but Hermione quickly stepped in. "I wouldn't do that Malfoy, attacking another student is against the rules, wouldn't want your perfect badge taken away now would you?"
Harry and Draco both stood up, and went there separate ways (after of course casting a number of threatening glances at one another).
They all sat down in their normal seats, not wanting Hermione to start taking house points. The Gryffindors were still chuckling under their breath as Professor Snape walked into class several minutes late.
Snape walked up to the front of the class and spun around, casting dark stares to random people throughout the room. "Homework, now" he barked and the class quickly ran up to hand in their assignments from over the summer. Snape didn't forget to give Harry and extra hateful stare as he handed in his homework "I'm going to enjoy marking your assignment, better get my red ink ready."
Harry stared back into Snapes eyes, no emotion showing on his face, this year he wouldn't let him get on his nerves no matter what.
"Today were going to study the Fortaficus potion which is very similar to the Fortificus charm, where as you will be protected from almost all physical attacks. Oh, and for those of you who didn't do their homework properly the potion makes your body strong enough to withstand all physical attacks for 20 minutes, while the charm castes a shield around you depending on your ability to cast the charm." Groans could be heard throughout the class when they heard about the difference between the potions. "Why are you staring at me you idiots? Get to work in groups of 2 one from each house" the class was stunned at this, and no one moved to find a partner until Snape yelled "NOW."
The Gryffindors avoided pairing with Malfoy, while the Slytherins refused to pair up with Harry, in the end they were the only two left without partners. "I guess I'm stuck with you" Malfoy sneered taking a seat at an empty table. Harry joined him but didn't bother to comment.
"Just don't get in my way Potter, only Merlin knows if your much smarter then Longbottom over there."
"Shut-up Malfoy, lets just get his over with before I end up knocking your teeth out."
"I'd like to see you try" Malfoy replied, dicing his spider legs into small pieces.
Harry smirked and light the fire under the cauldron and poured four liters of water. The two worked for the rest of the class in silence and finished when they saw their potion turn the required rose pink shade. Looking around Harry noticed that most of the class was finishing off their potions and Neville hadn't caused a single explosion, mainly because Pansy was his partner and she wouldn't let him even come near the potion.
"You will be testing your potions on slugs, if you are not finished don't bother you never will. Return your slugs to the jar you remove them from after you have finished testing your potion and their still alive."
Malfoy picked up a slug and poured two drops of the potion on to it. Harry then too out his knife and tried to strike at the slug, but instead of hitting a soft slimy body it felt like he had struck the blade against rock.
"Mr Malfoy and Potter are the first successfully completed their potions, 5 points to Slytherin. That is all, you may pack up and wait for the bell to dismiss you." Snape made his way to his office.
Harry ignored Malfoy, packed his bags and made his way to his next class, not wanting to stay around, knowing his patience was wearing thin.
"Harry wait for me" cried a voice from behind him as he was halfway up the stairs leading out of the dungeons, he turned around to find Hermione jogging up the steps trying to catch up to them. Her hair swaying back and forth as she came up the stairs. She's really beautiful Harry thought to himself, not the same girl from last year.
"Hmmm, leaving class early, such unorthodox action for a perfect" Harry joked.
"We'll you looked odd and being the wonderful friend I am I decided to cheer you up, do you have a problem with that?"
"No, no problem at all" they both started to walk towards Herbology.
"Lavender is giving Malfoy a piece of her mind right now over your little fight with him, what's up with that?" Hermione gave Harry a nudge and raised her eyebrows.
"Nothing that concerns you" Harry blushed, but continued walking.
The rest of the day passed as a real bore for Harry. Herbology wasn't a subject he cared much for or enjoyed, he spent most of his time daydreaming or bugging the plants. History of Magic wasn't any better but at least Harry was able to catch up on his sleep. During dragon handling Dumbledore spoke with him about his jobs and gave him a book on Dragons. The dragons were arriving a couple days before Halloween, which gave him enough time to prepare.
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[John Bartle] Thanx for reviewing over the email buddy, I haven't really included the female reaction to the story but I guess I will because you asked me so nicely. Good to know im a favorite :)
[ShadowHunter] Hmmm I never knew there were other stories with the same name, oh well what can a guy do? I gave Harry power, but he's gonna get a lot stronger by working on it. That way he actually deserves it. LoL old moldy wort, I like it :P
[Author Note] sorry for the sudden ending, I just wanted to describe his first day, I wasn't really going to hook up Lavender and Harry so soon but I got a couple requests (from the same chick) to do so. I squeezed it in, hope it doesn't sound to corny im not to great with that stuff. Please read and review and place any suggestions. Plz R/R
Peace
