Harry Potter and the New Marauders
Surprises All Around
"Finally, I'm back."
Harry and the others had reached the Great Hall, where the Sorting Ceremony was taking place. He looked at all the first years faces, some of them looked pretty scared. Harry laughed to himself, had it only been five years since his first arrival at Hogwarts? He smiled, and soon the Ceremony was over. Harry saw that one of the teachers kept his hood up, until Professor Dumbledore said,
"Everyone, I'd like you to meet your new, and old, Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Remus Lupin!"
All the seventh, sixth, fifth, and fourth year students began to clap very loud, it was their favorite Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher that they ever had, and now he was back! Harry and other others clapped the loudest of them all. Professor Lupin smiled, and then Dumbledore summoned the dinner food. Everyone began eating all of the food that appeared on all of the tables. Harry and Ron began to eat ravenously, as if they hadn't eaten in years. Heather and Kelly were staring at them, while Hermione and Ginny shrugged, it was normal for them, Heather guessed. She began to eat some of the chicken on her plate, and she enjoyed it very much. She always enjoyed the food at Hogwarts. Much better than the Leaky Cauldron's food.
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It was rather late by the time everyone got to their common rooms. Exhausted, everyone went up to their rooms, and they fell asleep. A full stomach always did that to everyone. Classes would be starting the next day, and everyone needed their strength.
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Harry was awakened by Ron, and he got dressed into his robes. His first class of the day was Potions with Professor Snape, and he REALLY wasn't looking forward to it. However, he knew Heather and Kelly would be in his class, and he looked somewhat forward to it. Plus, he had Double Defense Against the Dark Arts with Lupin, and he was really looking forward to that. He hadn't seen Lupin since the end of his fifth year term.
"C'mon, Harry! We can't be late for Potions on our first day!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"
Harry and Ton managed to get to Potions on time, he saw his friends sitting at a table, where there were two empty chairs for them. They began to talk amongst themselves until Draco and his idiot sidekicks, Crabbe and Goyle, went up to them. "Well, well, potter. I see you made some new friends. Hey wait a minute, you're a Slytherin!" Draco pointed at Kelly.
"What are you talking to these idiots for when you could be hanging out with the rest of us/ come to think of it, I've never really seen you two before."
"Then I guess you can shut up now," Kelly muttered.
Draco and his friends glared at her, as if she had just said a vile word about them.
"Fe, whatever. You can hang out with morons and Mudbloods for all I care. Just don' expect any sympathy from me."
"It's not like I need it anyway."
Draco walked off, a look of defeat on his face. Then the door opened, and Professor Snape walked in.
"Settle down."
The whole class became silent, and then Snape began to talk to them about some new potions that they would be making in the class throughout the year. After he was finished, Snape began to copy instructions on the chalkboard, showing how to make a very complicated potion for transforming a tadpole into a full grown toad. As everyone began to copy instructions down, Snape decided to pick on Neville Longbottom's toad to use as an example. He always treated Neville like dirt, and this year was no different. Neville was very nervous, for he was horrible at Potions, and Snape's intimidation didn't help at all. Snape made sure Hermione wasn't hissing instructions into his ear, for he noticed recently over the years that she tended to do that a lot whenever Snape wasn't looking or had his back turned to them. Class seemed to go on for an eternity before everyone had finally finished their potions, and Snape walked up to Neville, who surprisingly to even himself wasn't shaking or trembling. Snape took a sample of the potion, which was the right color of magenta for once, and then took sample of a shrinking potion. He added the drops of shrinking to the toad, and it became a wriggling tadpole in Snape's hands. Then he added Neville's potion sample to it, and then a miracle happened. It became a normal full grown toad again, with no side effects. All the Gryffindors and some Slytherins were cheering for Neville's victory, while Draco and his gang looked as angry and shocked as Snape did. It was then Snape gave them three rolls of parchment on the potion they would be doing in a few days, the Fedrigian Potion, which was a cure for a person who had pneumonia. Most of the class groaned, but then the class bell rang, and Harry and his friends headed for Professor Lupin's room.
"Hey professor! It's been awhile since I've seen you here!"
"It's good to see you too, Harry. And a pleasure to see you as well, Mr. Weasley, Ms. Granger. And who.?" "My name is Heather McDonald, and this is Kelly Meglin. We are friends of Sirius."
"So you two are his rescuers, I see."
"He he..I suggest that you don't say that. Sirius might get a little sensitive about it."
Lupin and Harry started laughing, and then Harry and Heather sat down with the rest of his class as more students came in. all of them knew Professor Lupin from two previous years ago, and they really missed him, despite his little, itty bitty problem. He was a werewolf, but a tame werewolf thanks to a special wolfsbane potion Snape made for Lupin. They were enemies back in school, and Snape still had a grudge against Sirius and Lupin for playing a trick on him that embarrassed him in front of everybody in the school.
"Now, class. We are going to be starting this year off with the studying of part human creatures. Can anyone name me a few?"
Everyone raised their hands, including Neville. Lavender Brown was picked first.
"Mermaids?"
"Yes, that is one type. A part human, part fish. Anyone else?"
Many hands fell, and Lupin called on Dean Thomas.
"Centaurs?"
"Yes, those are part human, part horse creatures. Some of them even live in the Forbidden Forest. A few of my friends are centaurs. One more, yes, Parvati?"
"We-we-werewolves?" she said nervously.
The whole class became quiet, and looked at Professor Lupin with big eyes. He smiled, and said,
"Yes, one of the more famous part human creatures. And for anyone that doesn't know this already, I too am a werewolf."
The class became quiet, and some of the girls were quivering.
"However, I am a tame werewolf thanks to a recent wolfsbane potion. I will be gone once a month, as you all know. However, I promise that I will not harm any of you, as long as you keep away from me whenever a full moon is near. If the potion doesn't kick in soon enough, you might be in danger. If anyone here feels uncomfortable being in my class, I give you every right to leave if you choose to do so."
The whole class began to look at one another, trying to figure out if they should stay or not. Hermione was growing angry, and then she exclaimed,
"What is wrong with you people? He may be a werewolf, yes, me and Harry and Ron found that out two years ago, but he's still our friend! He may be a werewolf, but that doesn't change who he is at heart! Can't you understand that?"
The whole class stared at Hermione in awe. Harry stood up and said,
"I'm staying." "So am I." "Me too." "Don't forget about me."
Soon, Harry, Heather, Hermione, Ron, and Kelly were standing. Slowly, one by one, all the members of the class stood up with them, and they all said the same thing.
"We're staying too!"
Hermione began to clap, and everyone joined in. Lupin blushed at the sight, and they settled down eventually. "Now we're staring with centaurs.This is my friend and fellow teacher, Firenze."
It was later on, and everyone who came out of was happy, Lupin had decided to not give them any homework on their first day.
"Wasn't class great, Harry? I can't believe Firenze decided to visit the class! Now that he is the Divination teacher, I can't see how he found the time! This is so cool!"
Ron couldn't stop talking about it. Lavender and Parvati couldn't stop talking about how cute Firenze still was. Hermione and Kelly were laughing, he was much older than them, and he was a teacher! How could he fall for them? However, when Heather heard them talking about how an older man could never love a younger girl, her expression changed to a sad one. Harry noticed this only for a second as he looked into her eyes. Her eyes were a sapphire blue, like the crystal blue waters of the ocean.
"Heather, are you alright?" As soon as Harry said that, the emotion and sparkle in her eyes vanished, and she turned to him saying,
"Nothing, I'm just tired is all."
"Alright, you're sure you're okay though?" "Yeah, I'm sure."
He smiled, but he wondered why she had that weird expression in her eyes. Something told him she knew something he didn't, but he didn't ask. For now, anyway.
Surprises All Around
"Finally, I'm back."
Harry and the others had reached the Great Hall, where the Sorting Ceremony was taking place. He looked at all the first years faces, some of them looked pretty scared. Harry laughed to himself, had it only been five years since his first arrival at Hogwarts? He smiled, and soon the Ceremony was over. Harry saw that one of the teachers kept his hood up, until Professor Dumbledore said,
"Everyone, I'd like you to meet your new, and old, Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Remus Lupin!"
All the seventh, sixth, fifth, and fourth year students began to clap very loud, it was their favorite Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher that they ever had, and now he was back! Harry and other others clapped the loudest of them all. Professor Lupin smiled, and then Dumbledore summoned the dinner food. Everyone began eating all of the food that appeared on all of the tables. Harry and Ron began to eat ravenously, as if they hadn't eaten in years. Heather and Kelly were staring at them, while Hermione and Ginny shrugged, it was normal for them, Heather guessed. She began to eat some of the chicken on her plate, and she enjoyed it very much. She always enjoyed the food at Hogwarts. Much better than the Leaky Cauldron's food.
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It was rather late by the time everyone got to their common rooms. Exhausted, everyone went up to their rooms, and they fell asleep. A full stomach always did that to everyone. Classes would be starting the next day, and everyone needed their strength.
*~*~*~*
Harry was awakened by Ron, and he got dressed into his robes. His first class of the day was Potions with Professor Snape, and he REALLY wasn't looking forward to it. However, he knew Heather and Kelly would be in his class, and he looked somewhat forward to it. Plus, he had Double Defense Against the Dark Arts with Lupin, and he was really looking forward to that. He hadn't seen Lupin since the end of his fifth year term.
"C'mon, Harry! We can't be late for Potions on our first day!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"
Harry and Ton managed to get to Potions on time, he saw his friends sitting at a table, where there were two empty chairs for them. They began to talk amongst themselves until Draco and his idiot sidekicks, Crabbe and Goyle, went up to them. "Well, well, potter. I see you made some new friends. Hey wait a minute, you're a Slytherin!" Draco pointed at Kelly.
"What are you talking to these idiots for when you could be hanging out with the rest of us/ come to think of it, I've never really seen you two before."
"Then I guess you can shut up now," Kelly muttered.
Draco and his friends glared at her, as if she had just said a vile word about them.
"Fe, whatever. You can hang out with morons and Mudbloods for all I care. Just don' expect any sympathy from me."
"It's not like I need it anyway."
Draco walked off, a look of defeat on his face. Then the door opened, and Professor Snape walked in.
"Settle down."
The whole class became silent, and then Snape began to talk to them about some new potions that they would be making in the class throughout the year. After he was finished, Snape began to copy instructions on the chalkboard, showing how to make a very complicated potion for transforming a tadpole into a full grown toad. As everyone began to copy instructions down, Snape decided to pick on Neville Longbottom's toad to use as an example. He always treated Neville like dirt, and this year was no different. Neville was very nervous, for he was horrible at Potions, and Snape's intimidation didn't help at all. Snape made sure Hermione wasn't hissing instructions into his ear, for he noticed recently over the years that she tended to do that a lot whenever Snape wasn't looking or had his back turned to them. Class seemed to go on for an eternity before everyone had finally finished their potions, and Snape walked up to Neville, who surprisingly to even himself wasn't shaking or trembling. Snape took a sample of the potion, which was the right color of magenta for once, and then took sample of a shrinking potion. He added the drops of shrinking to the toad, and it became a wriggling tadpole in Snape's hands. Then he added Neville's potion sample to it, and then a miracle happened. It became a normal full grown toad again, with no side effects. All the Gryffindors and some Slytherins were cheering for Neville's victory, while Draco and his gang looked as angry and shocked as Snape did. It was then Snape gave them three rolls of parchment on the potion they would be doing in a few days, the Fedrigian Potion, which was a cure for a person who had pneumonia. Most of the class groaned, but then the class bell rang, and Harry and his friends headed for Professor Lupin's room.
"Hey professor! It's been awhile since I've seen you here!"
"It's good to see you too, Harry. And a pleasure to see you as well, Mr. Weasley, Ms. Granger. And who.?" "My name is Heather McDonald, and this is Kelly Meglin. We are friends of Sirius."
"So you two are his rescuers, I see."
"He he..I suggest that you don't say that. Sirius might get a little sensitive about it."
Lupin and Harry started laughing, and then Harry and Heather sat down with the rest of his class as more students came in. all of them knew Professor Lupin from two previous years ago, and they really missed him, despite his little, itty bitty problem. He was a werewolf, but a tame werewolf thanks to a special wolfsbane potion Snape made for Lupin. They were enemies back in school, and Snape still had a grudge against Sirius and Lupin for playing a trick on him that embarrassed him in front of everybody in the school.
"Now, class. We are going to be starting this year off with the studying of part human creatures. Can anyone name me a few?"
Everyone raised their hands, including Neville. Lavender Brown was picked first.
"Mermaids?"
"Yes, that is one type. A part human, part fish. Anyone else?"
Many hands fell, and Lupin called on Dean Thomas.
"Centaurs?"
"Yes, those are part human, part horse creatures. Some of them even live in the Forbidden Forest. A few of my friends are centaurs. One more, yes, Parvati?"
"We-we-werewolves?" she said nervously.
The whole class became quiet, and looked at Professor Lupin with big eyes. He smiled, and said,
"Yes, one of the more famous part human creatures. And for anyone that doesn't know this already, I too am a werewolf."
The class became quiet, and some of the girls were quivering.
"However, I am a tame werewolf thanks to a recent wolfsbane potion. I will be gone once a month, as you all know. However, I promise that I will not harm any of you, as long as you keep away from me whenever a full moon is near. If the potion doesn't kick in soon enough, you might be in danger. If anyone here feels uncomfortable being in my class, I give you every right to leave if you choose to do so."
The whole class began to look at one another, trying to figure out if they should stay or not. Hermione was growing angry, and then she exclaimed,
"What is wrong with you people? He may be a werewolf, yes, me and Harry and Ron found that out two years ago, but he's still our friend! He may be a werewolf, but that doesn't change who he is at heart! Can't you understand that?"
The whole class stared at Hermione in awe. Harry stood up and said,
"I'm staying." "So am I." "Me too." "Don't forget about me."
Soon, Harry, Heather, Hermione, Ron, and Kelly were standing. Slowly, one by one, all the members of the class stood up with them, and they all said the same thing.
"We're staying too!"
Hermione began to clap, and everyone joined in. Lupin blushed at the sight, and they settled down eventually. "Now we're staring with centaurs.This is my friend and fellow teacher, Firenze."
It was later on, and everyone who came out of was happy, Lupin had decided to not give them any homework on their first day.
"Wasn't class great, Harry? I can't believe Firenze decided to visit the class! Now that he is the Divination teacher, I can't see how he found the time! This is so cool!"
Ron couldn't stop talking about it. Lavender and Parvati couldn't stop talking about how cute Firenze still was. Hermione and Kelly were laughing, he was much older than them, and he was a teacher! How could he fall for them? However, when Heather heard them talking about how an older man could never love a younger girl, her expression changed to a sad one. Harry noticed this only for a second as he looked into her eyes. Her eyes were a sapphire blue, like the crystal blue waters of the ocean.
"Heather, are you alright?" As soon as Harry said that, the emotion and sparkle in her eyes vanished, and she turned to him saying,
"Nothing, I'm just tired is all."
"Alright, you're sure you're okay though?" "Yeah, I'm sure."
He smiled, but he wondered why she had that weird expression in her eyes. Something told him she knew something he didn't, but he didn't ask. For now, anyway.
