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A/N: I am so sorry about the wait! I'm going to try and post much more often. Life's just getting in the way every time I say that! Anyways, on with Chapter 7!

Chapter 7: Occlumency and Potions

Harry sat with Parvati outside Dumbledore's office. Parvati didn't have a class Thursday afternoon, as her schedule was the same as Harry's. Therefore, Dumbledore had agreed to teach her Occlumency as well. He seemed to think it was important.

So they waited. But not for very long.

Dumbledore brought them upstairs just as the second bell rang.

"First off," he said. "Is there anything you would like to tell me?"

Harry and Parvati both began talking very fast. Very, very fast.

"Slow down! I can't understand a word you're saying!" said Dumbledore, chuckling.

Harry sighed. "Maybe it's just because we've got lots on our minds. Like Ron's mysterious behaviour."

"Ah. I thought you might have something to say about that."

"We think he's been possessed," whispered Parvati.

"By Voldemort?" Harry and Parvati nodded glumly. "Then why didn't he try to do anything these past few nights?"

"Because I've been sleeping on the couch in the common room," stated Harry, slightly sarcastically. "And…" he trailed off.

"And what, Harry?"

"There's this creature that keeps appearing at night. It won't tell me what it is or anything, just that I should tell you about Ron. That I knew deep inside what was wrong."

"What does this creature look like Harry?"

"Like a lion and a snake, all mixed together."

"Hmm. That's interesting. Anything else? Or are we on to Occlumency?"

~*~*~*~*~

Later that day, Harry and Parvati went off in search of Ron. The finally found him by the library. Harry and Parvati each glared at one of his arms. They snapped behind his back and were tied there. It was still unknown why they could do this. But that wasn't a surprise. They hadn't even told Dumbledore about it.

Ron turned, struggling to break free. Harry and Parvati grabbed him and dragged him up to Dumbledore's office.

A few minutes later, standing face to face with Dumbledore, Ron's eyes lost their fire and returned to normal. He glanced down at his hands to find them bound. He stared confusedly at Dumbledore and then at Harry and Parvati. He remebered their secret and wondered if there was more to it then he had thought.

"How'd I get-How'd I get here?" he asked.

"You were possessed," said Harry, amused.

"Posses-what? What the hell are you talking about? I wasn't posses-wait…"

"Memory gap, Mr.I-wasn't-possessed?" asked Parvati.

"Ummm, yeah….ummm…what's the day?"

"It's Thursday, Ron."

"Oh"

~*~*~*~*~

"The plan failed Lucius! Failed!"

"I know my Lord. I'm sorry. But I do have another idea."

"No, Lucius. How do I know you didn't tell him? That creature was always there when we were, and the boy was always downstairs. He must have known I was there."

"He must have guessed his friend was possessed my Lord. What if we use someone not so close to him and make it sudden?"

"Hmm. That might work. But you'd better not fail this time Lucius. I don't like failure!"

~*~*~*~*~

"Friday morning Potions. What a bore," stated Harry with a frown on his face.

"Definitely. I druther be in Occlumence. At least that's with Dumbledore!"

"Yeah. For sure. Oh well. We'd better go."

They entered the Potions classroom in a very down mood. Harry felt, for some reason, that something was going important was going to happen.

And so it did.

Neville was working beside Harry and Parvati. This was one of the Potion's classes he did well in. They were talking about plants and their properties in potions. And then it happened.

Neville's eyes went a deep scarlet red.

Parvati gasped and fell in to Harry, who lost his balance. They skidded across the floor and into the wall with a loud bang.

Parvati stared listlessly at Neville. His eyes were changing back and forth from their normal colour.

Suddenly things started to explode. Apparently their panic had made Harry and Parvati lose control over their magic.

Harry uttered a strange word under his breath, followed closely by Parvati. Somehow they had known what to do.

The explosions stopped and Neville's eyes returned completely to normal. He had fought off the Dark Lord.

"Good for you, Longbottom. I didn't know you had it in you."

A/N: Chapter 7 done. hehe. Happy. I'll try to update soon! hehe

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Tamsy!