Here is the third chapter! I won't be adding another one for about a week because I want to see if I get any feedback! But I love writing it! I already have about three other chapters done and they're HUGE ONES! ENJOY GUYS!
And a disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any Harry Potter related material! (Now I shall go and cry myself to sleep with this knowledge)
HARRY
POTTER
AND THE STAFF OF VIGOR
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CHAPTER 3: CLASSES
Harry awoke the next morning feeling very tired. He had Ron had talked themselves to sleep and by the look of things, hadn't managed to move from the spot where they had played chess earlier that morning. Looking around the room Harry found it to be empty, which wasn't a good thing. Ron was lying on the floor and breathing heavily, he seemed to have outgrown his loud snoring.
"Ron!" Harry shoved his friend.
"Well you know how hard it is...training all the time...shots...Keeping...yes...best Keeper in the world...me...why thank you..." Ron mumbled in reply so Harry shoved him harder.
"Wh-what?" He yawned, stretching out his arms.
"We have class Ron!" Harry exclaimed. He made his way over to his chest of clothes and hastily threw on his robes. Ron went to do the same, except he did it much more slowly.
"What do we have?" Ron yawned, haggardly doing up his Gryffindor tie.
"Potions." Harry groaned, trying to flatten his hair. Once he knew that, Ron finished getting dressed quickly and they then briskly hurried to the Dungeons for their class.
"Weasley! Potter!" Snape snapped at them as soon as they entered the classroom.
"Sorry we're late Sir." Harry muttered while Ron glared at Snape with loathing.
"I am neither impressed nor surprised. Ten points each from Gryffindor! Take your seats." He sneered at them. Both boys scowled and made their way to the back of the classroom.
"Where's Hermione?" Asked Ron, immediately noticing her absence.
"I don't know. Where's Seamus and Parvati? They passed Potions too." Harry couldn't spot either of them.
"Oh," Ron's shoulders slumped, "They must be in the other Potions class."
"That's right." Harry remembered the classes were now mixed. He looked around and saw not only Slytherin's but Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students as well. Indeed Hermione, Seamus Finnigan and Parvati Patil must be in the other Potions class. He spotted Dean Thomas though, sitting next to a pretty Ravenclaw girl. She had long blonde hair, golden skin, brown eyes and bright red lips. Her and Dean were talking quietly and every now and then the Ravenclaw girl would giggle. Harry didn't think Ginny would have liked that. Judging by the look on Ron's face as he spotted Dean and the girl, her older brother didn't like it either.
"You may notice the absence of some of your usual classmates from previous years. This, as you should know, is due to the Mixing of the classes." Snape glared at them.
"Oh great. Malfoy." Ron spat. Harry noticed now the silver-haired blonde boy sitting at the front of the class with Pansy Parkinson, another Slytherin. He opened his mouth to tell Ron how Malfoy had picked up his glasses for him when Snape spoke again.
"In cohesion with the Mixing you have been assigned partners with whom you will work with for the rest of the year." He glared angrily at the students, daring them to complain.
"Bloody hell, we're going to be split up Harry." Ron whined.
"Maybe not." But Harry was doubtful. He watched as everyone was reallocated. Ron was moved to the front as he was partnered with Malfoy. A flicker of a smile had appeared on Snape's face when he paired them and Harry knew he was enjoying making them feel uncomfortable. Dean Thomas was paired with the Ravenclaw girl and there were several other couples.
"Potter. Over there." Snape pointed to a Hufflepuff girl that was staring at the wall. Harry picked up his books and went over to her. She looked at him for a moment and he thought she was quite cute, with short light brown hair, freckles and big blue eyes that looked at him angrily. Harry wondered what he could have done.
"So you're in Hufflepuff then?" He asked making polite conversation. The girl looked at him.
"Obviously." She replied blankly. She turned to stare at the wall again.
"I'm Harry Potter." He smiled, still trying to be polite.
"Good for you." She snapped and shifted away from him. He frowned in confusion for a second.
"And your name is..." He was half-asking her, determined that if she was going to be his partner for a year they were at least going to get along.
"None of your damned business." The girl shifted away again.
"Are you okay?" Harry couldn't help sounding annoyed.
"Can't you take a hint? Are your glasses cutting off the circulation to your brain? Don't talk to me." She turned around and barked at him.
"What is your pro-" He stopped as the girl glowered at him.
"Don't. Talk. To. Me." She warned again. Harry sighed and decided to ignore her. He looked in front of him to find Dean and the Ravenclaw girl. Snape appeared to have left the room.
"Dean, where did Snape go?" He asked. Dean turned around, as did the girl next to him.
"Something about a Potion." Dean replied.
"Oh." Harry felt the Ravenclaw girl staring at him.
"Wow, I didn't notice until now. You're Harry Potter. In my Potions class" Her eyes traveled to his scar.
"Yeah." Harry shrugged. She continued to stare at him and it began making him nervous.
"Sorry to be rude," She flicked her hair behind her shoulder, "I'm Geraldine Maple."
"Nice to meet you." He felt his face flush. The girl next to him snickered. Geraldine looked at her, raising an eyebrow.
"What is your problem?" She asked, sounding a little superficial.
"Nothing." The girl muttered looking at her hands.
"Good, because we weren't talking to you." Geraldine looked back at Harry and was about to speak to him when Snape returned to the room. She stopped and, well aware of Snape's viciousness towards students who talked in his class, flashed Harry a smile before turning around to face the front. Harry grinned at the back of her head, she was really pretty.
"Make this Potion." Snape waved his hand and immediately a set of instructions appeared on the board. Harry and the girl set about making the Potion quietly, neither wanting to talk to each other. When the class had all finished making the Potion, which had taken a while because of all the necessary ingredients, Snape addressed them again.
"This," Snape held up a vile containing a sparkling pink Potion, "is called The Deliberative Potion. It is a very difficult Potion to make and takes three months to brew. At the moment yours should be a dark violet. If not, too bad for you. For when it has brewed you will be testing it. For now you will write down all the uses of the ingredients that were just used."
Harry eyed the Potion warily, he didn't know what the final product The Deliberative Potion would have but knowing Snape it wouldn't be something good. The rest of the lesson was spent in silence as they read pages from their Advanced Potions textbook. As soon as they were allowed to go Ron hurried over to Harry.
"Malfoy is a driving me mad! I can't believe I have to work with him, stupid git!" Ron exclaimed as soon as they got outside.
"Well I don't even know my partners name and she hates me." Harry grumbled, casting a glance over his shoulder at his Hufflepuff partner who was now conversing with Snape. Oddly he seemed to be listening intently.
After Potions Harry had Charms. He was glad to find he had this class with both Ron and Hermione. The trio headed to Professor Flitwick's class quickly, none of the Professor's tolerated lateness.
"I hope they don't split us up in here as well!" Moaned Ron. Harry nodded.
"Do not even get me started Ron. I just had Care of Magical Creatures and I've been paired with Goyle. He does not stop talking, its already driving me mad!" Hermione sighed, echoing Ron's opinion of his new partner Malfoy. Ron patted her on the back, their argument from the previous night seemed to have been forgotten.
"Welcome back to school sixth-years and welcome to the Charms NEWT class. It's so nice to see so many faces back." Professor Flitwick stood on the chair behind his desk. He was very short, barely as tall as a seven year old. There were a few murmurs in reply. Harry spotted his Potions classmates; Malfoy and Pansy, along with Geraldine and his grumbling Hufflepuff partner.
"Due to the Mixing you should notice the attendance of students from all Houses," He squeaked, "I have assigned you partners from a House other than your own. Now now, calm down, it's for your own good!"
The class had erupted into groans and complaining. They calmed down shortly and everyone was once again sorted into pairs. Harry couldn't help watching the Hufflepuff girl who had been rude to him before. She stared off into the distance even more so than Luna did and he was curious about her, even though he didn't really like her. Professor Flitwick levitated over to her and spoke to her softly before pairing her up with Ron. Hermione was paired with a Ravenclaw boy and Harry was paired, to his great dislike, with Pansy.
"Today I want you to get into groups of four. Can two sets of Partners please get together?" Professor Flitwick waited patiently while everyone took their time moving around the room before he continued, "I would like you all to learn an interesting Charm today called the Vitality Charm. You will not be accessed on this, it is purely for your enjoyment to learn."
Harry saw Hermione's face drop out of the corner of his eye. Ron, who had moved over to be a group with Harry, noted it too and grinned.
"This charm allows you to bring an inanimate object to life. Since you have never done it before, you will have to try it on something small. Find something small and then wave your wand like so," He demonstrated for them, "and say Everence. It is as simple as that. I warn you some objects may get out of control, if this happens simply wave your wand in the same manner and say Termit. Now find something small class, taking it mind it shouldn't already move."
Harry and Ron pulled out their Quills, as many others did. Pansy pulled out a lipstick and the Hufflepuff girl produced a small glass unicorn.
"What are you carrying around that thing for?" Pansy pulled a face at the girls glass ornament.
"I like it." The girl snapped, but she looked a little upset. Ron frowned at Pansy.
"What do you carry around that for?" He pointed at her lipstick, "Its not like it would help your appearance."
Pansy sniffed and Harry grinned at his friend. Ron's partner looked at him for a moment before looking away and staring off into the distance. Suddenly Professor Flitwick squealed.
"Mr Longbottom! Put that thing away! Do you want to kill us all?" He narrowed his eyes angrily at Neville who had turned a dark shade of red. Harry saw him shove a Muggle broach into his robe pocket before pulling out a Quill.
"A little pin like that? Kill us all? Honestly!" Hermione shook her head, luckily Professor Flitwick didn't hear her. He gave them the go ahead to try the Charm. It took them nearly the whole lesson and Ron and Harry still hadn't managed to bring their Quills to life, they were only fluttering around a little. Hermione, across the room, had brought a book to life and it was jumping around her table, snapping at people. The Hufflepuff girl had charmed her Unicorn practically straight away and it was trotting around the table. Pansy was looking at it out of the corner of her eye, her lipstick was spinning on the table.
"It still looks stupid." She sneered. The Unicorn reared.
"I think it looks bloody brilliant." Ron grinned at the Unicorn. Hermione had come over now and was looking at it too, her expression not so impressed.
"I suppose it does. But it is very small." She murmured. Ron was looking at the Hufflepuff girl now.
"How did you do that straight away?" He asked. She shrugged in reply.
"Looks like some intellectual competition Hermione." Ron grinned up at his friend, who glared at him, clicked her tongue and walked back to her group.
"What? What did I say?" Ron asked alarmed. Pansy was just ignoring them and trying to put the Charm on her lipstick again. Harry shrugged, if Ron didn't notice the connection between Hermione and her moods he wasn't going to point it out. Pansy suddenly screamed. Her lipstick had come to life now, its lid had popped off and it was attacking her, smearing lipstick all over her face. Professor Flitwick hurried over and began telling her to say 'Termit' because he was unable to stop her charm for her. Pansy continued to scream, she had lipstick all over her robes now as well.
"Term...Term...TERMIT!" She screamed finally, waving her wand. The lipstick stopped, but her face was covered in lipstick. No-one said anything as they went back to their Charms snickering. Even Professor Flitwick suppressed a smile.
"I take it back," Ron grinned at Pansy evilly, "Lipstick does help your appearance." Pansy stared at him fuming. The Hufflepuff girl let out a small, quick laugh. Pansy turned on her.
"Shut up you! You ugly traitor!" Pansy snarled loudly. Ron glared at Pansy.
"She didn't do anything! Leave her alone." He demanded. Harry noted to himself that it was the third time Ron had defended the Hufflepuff girl and he wondered remotely what Pansy had meant by the girl being a traitor. Pansy glared at him now, but didn't say anything.
Class ended not long after the lipstick incident and the Trio headed down for Lunch in the Great Hall.
"So what was up with you and that girl?" Harry asked, making sure he was out of Hermione's earshot.
"What one? The Hufflepuff?" Ron asked moving around the food on his plate.
"Well I'm not talking about Pansy am I?" Harry rolled his eyes, Ron could be so daft.
"Nothing. Nothing really," Ron paused, "She's quite pretty though, don't you think?"
"Not really." Harry lied.
"Oh." Ron went a little pink and looked to the end of the Gryffindor table frowning. Harry looked in the same direction and saw the blue-haired boy, Edward Egon, crawling out from under the table.
"What on earth is that brat doing?" He shook his head, "He's going to be trouble that one Harry, I can tell you now."
"He's just a little kid." Harry mused.
"Yeah, and Fred and George were once as well." Ron grinned at fond memory of his older brothers and began digging into his food. Hermione scolded him and instructed him to slow down.
"You'll make yourself sick." She nagged. Ron shrugged, he didn't care.
"Next I have a Spare." He told them with his mouth full of food, interrupting Hermione who was about to scold him again.
"I have double Care of Magical Creatures." Harry glanced down at his frowning.
"And I have double Arithmancy." Hermione sighed. She had hardly any classes with her best friends.
"Okay, okay." Ron looked down at his timetable again, "After my Spare I have Herbology then another Spare."
"I have two Spares, so I guess I get one with you." Harry grinned, he preferred it when his classes were with his friends.
"I have Herbology too Ron." She smiled at him, "But then I have History of Magic."
"Jeez," Ron was staring at his timetable now, "Okay, final classes. First tomorrow I have Transfiguration..."
"Yes, me too." Hermione and Harry said in unison.
"Then I have a Spare, then Double DADA then another Spare. After that my classes just start all over again" He waited hopefully. The Mixing of the classes had caused an evident strain to see if they had classes together.
"I have the same mate." Harry and Ron grinned at each other. Hermione squealed in a fashion very unlike her.
"I have Potions after Transfiguration but then I have Defence Against the Darks Arts and a Spare too!" She beamed from ear to ear and then looked at little sheepish at her outcry, "Sorry, it is just I don't have many classes with either of you."
"I know. I hate this whole Mixing thing." Ron scowled into his food.
"Well I don't like it much either Ron, but you have to admit, it will be good for us to forge association with other Houses. Do you honestly know the names of many people outside your own House?" Hermione gave him a pointed look. Ron muttered something about Hermione 'always sounding like a teacher' before he went back to eating.
"I'm just going to go and have a quick look at the Quidditch Pitch," Harry told them getting up, "I haven't seen it since I got here and I can't wait for the games to start."
He swung his feet around and hopped up. He tried to take a step but immediately fell over, face first into the ground.
"Are you alright Harry?" Seamus was walking past and stopped to check on his friend.
"Er, yeah. Just must have tripped." He blushed. Ron was laughing. He got up to go over to Harry but once he swung his feet around and went to take a step he tripped over in the same fashion. It was Harry's turn to laugh.
"What the bloody hell?" He heard Ron exclaim from the other side of the table.
"Oh Ron!" Hermione swung her feet around and looked down frowning, "Someone has tied our shoelaces together."
"Just ours?" Asked Harry. Hermione looked under the table at the other Gryffindor's feet.
"Not by the look of things," She replied, "Everyone who is sitting down has their shoelaces tied together."
Ron jumped up and hopped back down to his seat.
"How?" He wondered looking annoyed.
"Someone played a prank naturally." Hermione told him. Ron suddenly had a face like thunder.
"Edward Egon!" He bellowed the same time as the plates disappeared, a sign that lunch was over. Everyone got up to go to class and all of the Gryffindor's tripped over.
"Oh! We should have warned them." Hermione cried, grimacing at the fallen surrounding bodies.
"Where is he?" Ron wasn't listening to Hermione, "Where is that little blue-haired brat?"
Edward was nowhere to be seen. Harry was angry too but thought it best that they get to class and come back to the problem later.
"Come on Ron, we have to go to class. We'll deal with him afterwards." She shoved him to the exit and Harry followed a little behind. He spotted a blue-haired person out of the corner of his eye hiding behind a suit of armor, but didn't say anything. Instead he headed off to Hagrid's hut for Care of Magical Creatures.