Hey everyone! I have 32 reviews!!!! YAY. Thanks everyone. E-mail me or
review me your ideas and questions or guesses to what might happen. If you
guess or I use your ideas, the chapters will be dedicated to you. You could
even get my ideas for other parts of the story. Thanks to my reviewers and
my beta reader Skaradox who has great ideas! My story is to you!!! Keep
reviewing everyone.
***************************************************
Harry slept through the night but woke up to Snuffles licking his face. He quickly got dressed and headed down to the common room. He met up with Matt and Jake who were talking about something near the fire. Harry approached them. They looked up and motioned him over.
"What's your plans for today?" He asked sitting down next to them.
Matt said, "We're planning to check out the forbidden forest today or just hang out by the lake. Want to come?"
Harry's eyes went wide as he remembered all the close encounters he's had in the forest. "You know, there is a reason why it's called forbidden!" he exclaimed.
"We can beat anything that comes up to us!" Jake said.
"Like ten foot tall spiders who want to eat you?" Harry said back.
Matt looked at Jake frightened. "Now hanging out by the lake is definitely starting to sound good," he replied.
Jake looked at him. "Scared?" he asked laughing.
"Bear, I've been caught in the forest many times and I'm lucky I came out alive!" Harry hissed.
Jake put up his hands defensively. "Fine. What are we going to do today?"
Harry thought for a moment. "How about going to Hagrid's Hut?" he asked.
"The half giant?" Matt asked. Harry nodded. "That sounds a lot better than the Forbidden Forest."
"Yea sure," Jake said. "Wanna go now?"
Harry looked at his watch. "It's breakfast time now. He'll be in the Great Hall. We can follow him back to his hut afterwards."
"Unless he has a class," Matt interrupted holding up his schedule. Harry took it and saw that the fifth years had Care of Magical Creatures after breakfast.
"Ok, maybe after that." Harry replied handing back the schedule.
"We'll attend that class," Matt said. "We can talk to him afterwards." They stood up and started walking out of the class until the portrait opened and in stepped Professor McGonagall.
"Boys, you are just the ones I was looking for," she said. "This year, the seventh years will be doing Animagus transformations and I thought that you would like to help me. I already spoke to the girls and they have agreed."
"What could we help with?" Matt asked the professor.
"I just need a few people to show what different animals they can pick from to change into and what advantages they might have."
"When would you need us?" Jake asked.
"After lunch I have the seventh years. Would you be available?" she asked anxiously.
They thought for a moment before Harry replied. "We should be professor. In the Transfiguration classroom?" Professor McGonagall nodded and thanked them before heading out through the portrait. They stared after her before heading out of the portrait themselves. They reached the Great Hall a few minutes later and sat down at the table.
Harry grabbed some pancakes and began eating when the doors of the Great Hall opened and in ran The Minister of Magic himself, Fudge. He looked furious as he ran up to Dumbledore. Dumbledore didn't look surprised to see him. He just continued with his breakfast. Harry could hear what he was yelling. He was sure that the whole hall could hear what he was saying.
"Having the parents at Hogwarts?" he yelled. "Honestly Albus, it's not necessary. You know that You-Know-Who is not alive! That attack the other day was simply by mad Death Eaters wanting revenge for the practical downfall of their master. I demand that the parents stay home and not come to Hogwarts." He rambled on while Harry rolled his eyes. No matter what happens, Fudge just can't admit that Voldermort is back and alive. Very much alive.
Harry wiped his mouth and stood up from his seat. As he walked towards the headmaster and the minister, he quickly changed his appearance. His blond hair changed back to its black unruly style. His eyes remained their color but black-rimmed glasses took their place on his face. On his forehead, his trademark scar appeared. His appearance changed all by the time he reached the two arguing people gaining many gasps from students who saw it.
"Mr. Fudge?" Harry called out as he got closer. When the minister turned around, Harry stopped in his tracks.
He looked down at Harry. "Harry potter?" he asked confused.
Harry nodded and held out his hand. It looked like a friendly greeting until the minister shook it. As soon as the minister shook it, his vision changed from the Great Hall to a dreadful graveyard. It was the same graveyard that Harry had visited at the end of the third task in his forth year. Harry channeled his memories to the minister of everything that happened. The minister saw it as if he was Harry. He saw the trip by the portkey and landing. He saw Cedric's death. As the memory was being sent to the minister, Harry realized something. At the graveyard, Wormtail was there. When he reached that part, he kept replaying it over and over. He also played the time when the Dark Lord was resurrected and the strange duel. Harry soon let it end.
The minister looked at him and took his hand back staring at Harry. "Now do you have enough proof?" Harry asked. His voice was so cold that it sent chills through anyone's spine if they heard it.
The minister looked at Harry in disgust. Harry's normally sparkling emerald eyes weren't sparkling at all but were dull and looked haunted. They weren't the eyes for a fifteen-year-old boy. At the corner of his eyes, he saw some of the teachers rise and start to walk toward them not sure what just happened until Dumbledore looked at them. They stopped in their spots. The only one who continued to carefully walk closer was Stacy who had a clue of what Harry did. She knew everything about the elements her students' control as well as their shapeshifter abilities. Harry used a different form of telepathy. He sent some memories that he had to Fudge when the minister of magic touched his hand.
"What did you do, Potter?" he asked. Fear was in his face.
"Remember what I showed you. That was what happened at the third task. Think back upon the people. Tell me who you see," Harry said in the same cold voice. Fudge looked away from those eyes but missed the signal to the other shapeshifters from Stacy who had stopped behind Fudge.
"What does it matter?" he asked harshly starting to walk out of the Great Hall. Harry watched him leave. Fudge was near the door until the doors opened and in stepped a large golden lion. A few hawks flew into the Hall. The lion showed his teeth and the hawks circled around. They made the minister back up until he was back where he began.
He turned to the headmaster. "This is uncalled for! Who is this? Unregistered Animagi?" he asked.
Dumbledore, who looked as calm as before just shrugged and shook his head. "This isn't my doing," he said calmly. "Why don't you ask Mr. Potter?" Fudge turned to Harry but with a look into his eyes, looked away. "What do you want?" he called to the animals. He swore he heard the hawks and the lion laugh.
"Maybe they want you to answer Mr. Potter," Stacy said from behind him. Fudge jumped, not knowing she was there. He rounded up on her.
"So you're behind this!" he yelled at her.
Stacy kept her cool and answered back. "Maybe you should answer Mr. Potter. If you don't remember, he asked you to name who you saw in the memory." Harry's eyes shot to her, surprised that she knew what he did but quickly went back to the minister.
"Why should I do what these animals tell me?" he asked in disgust. The lion growled making the minister jump in fear. The hawks landed all around the lion and in a split second, there were different animals in the room. The lion stayed the same but the hawks changed to a jaguar, cougar, bobcat, and a tiger. They all showed their teeth and started circling the group. The minister jumped up on the table in fear making some dishes fall and break onto the floor. Several students gasped as the hawks changed to cats while others laughed when the minister jumped onto the table.
"Name the person in the memory that you thought was murdered fourteen years ago," Stacy said impatiently. Dumbledore and most of the staff as well as students looked at her in surprise. No one knew what the minister saw. Dumbledore didn't know but had an idea now. "Either answer or these cats will attack."
"What are they?" the minister asked. Animagi can only change into one animal but he saw the hawks change into cats in front of his eyes.
"Answer the question and then we'll tell you," Stacy said.
Fudge closed his eyes trying to remember what happened until one person stayed in his mind. The minister's eyes shot open as he realized who it was. "No, it can't be," he said to himself.
"Who was it?" Harry asked his voice as cold as ever yet anxious. A black dog that was hiding under the Gryffindor table appeared and looked up at the minister and Harry.
"It couldn't be but it has to be. It was Peter Pettigrew." Several people gasped. Harry, Stacy, Dumbledore, Hermione, and Ron smiled. The cats looked like they even smiled.
Harry's cold voice broke as he smiled. His eyes sparkled. "And what does that mean?" he asked. The black dog came closer.
"Sirius Black didn't do it," Fudge said quietly forgetting his fear of the cats that have stopped circling and were sitting down.
"Then you promise to free my Godfather?" Harry asked. The animals showed their teeth.
Noticing the animals again, Fudge quickly said, "Yes. But one question, who are they?" Harry looked down at the cats and smiled.
"Minister," Dumbledore said smiling, "this is why the parents are coming to Hogwarts. This year we have added protection." He nodded to Stacy who nodded back.
"Minister, may I introduce you to the shapeshifters," she said pointing to the cats and Harry. The minister looked at the cats not realizing that Harry was included in the group.
"Shapeshifters?" he asked not knowing what she was talking about.
"Shapeshifters," Stacy repeated. "They have the amazing ability to change their appearance and change into animals."
"The five of them?" he asked looking down at the cats.
"Not five but six," Stacy clarified.
He looked at her. "Six?"
Stacy nodded. "May I introduce my students. The lion there," she said pointing, "is Jake Malon." The lion, in front of his eyes, changed into a human shocking him. "The tiger is Matt Keper. The cougar is Liz Peterson. The bobcat is Caroline Andrews. And that jaguar over there is Ashley Strone." They all changed back once their name was called.
"That's-that's five. You said six," the minister remarked.
Harry heard Jake mumble, "Congratulations, you can count," before someone, probably Caroline elbowed him in the stomach.
"Yes that's only five of them." She walked over to Harry. "Let me introduce you to the last member of the group. Harry James Potter." When his name was mentioned, he smiled and changed his appearance. Fudged looked amazed as Harry's jet-black hair turned blond, his glasses disappeared and his scar disappeared.
"How do I know that they're strong enough to protect everyone who'll be in this castle?" Fudge asked finally finding his courage.
Stacy was taken back. "What do you mean?" she asked.
"These shapeshifters you called them, are mere children. How can they protect the people in this castle?"
Stacy stepped away from Harry and looked him in the eye. "I've trained them. Put them in a duel against your top Aurors and I know they can show you that they are highly capable of fighting," she said. Fury rose in her voice. Behind her, the minister saw the faces of the shapeshifters. They looked at him mad that he would doubt their strength.
"That's right," Jake said coming closer. "Challenge all of us to a duel with your best aurors and well see who's the best here." At that time, some of the professors came closer objecting the idea of putting 15-year-old kids up to fully-grown and trained aurors. They started to voice their objection until Dumbledore put his hand up.
"Minister, if you'd like, bring your best aurors here as soon as possible and be ready to challenge Stacy's students," Dumbledore said calmly. He had a small smile on his face. The tension grew in the room.
He looked at the headmaster like he was off his rocker. "Fine. I'll bring them. What will happen if I win?" he asked.
Dumbledore looked up at the ceiling in thought until he said, "If my team wins, the parents come to Hogwarts and Sirius Black is freed and given custody of Harry Potter. If your team wins, the parents won't come, and you get to deal with the situation your way." Fudge thought about the deal before nodding his head and making his way to the open Great Hall doors.
"You know what this means right?" Stacy asked.
"We better win," Matt answered.
"Yea but a good thing came out of this," Caroline said. The others looked at her. "He looked like he was ready to wet his pants when we were cats." Everyone laughed at the memory.
"I suggest you eat breakfast and do what you can before you beat his team," Dumbledore said smiling.
"It's about time we got a decent opponent. Beating Stacy gets annoying and boring," Jake remarked. Stacy gave him a glare. "What? It's true." She rolled her eyes. They walked back to their table and sat down. Hermione immediately started yelling at them.
"How could you challenge fully-grown and trained aurors like that? They'll kill you!"
Harry's look shut her up. "We'll be fine. We've trained a lot," he said.
While Hermione was worried, Ron was amazed. "That was bloody brilliant! Did you see the look on his face?" Soon breakfast was over. The guys walked down to Hagrid's hut with Hermione and Ron while the girls headed back to the common room.
They made it down to Hagrid's hut in time for the class. He told them about centaurs until he stopped when he saw someone walking toward the group. Students turned around to see who the visitors are. Harry rolled his eyes when he saw Fudge walking fast toward them.
"He's back already?" Matt asked.
"Of course," Jake answered. "All he had to do was grab a few Aurors. None are pretty good so it was easy rounding up a few."
"I didn't expect him back this early," Harry remarked. He thought they'd have a few days to rest up and practice. They were just given over an hour instead.
When Fudge reached them, he looked at Harry, Jake, and Matt. "I've brought my best. They're ready and are at the Quidditch field. Albus has instructed the teachers to bring the students to the field," he said in a rush. He was angry. Harry could tell. The class walked to the pitch. Once at the pitch, the students went to the stands that they normally occupy during a match while Harry, Jake and Matt walked over to Stacy who was standing in front of some of Gryffindor stands.
"Why is he here so soon?" Harry asked Stacy.
"I don't know. I didn't expect him so early." She looked at all of them. "You didn't use a lot of your magic today have you?" she asked in a stern voice.
They all replied no. Harry could tell she was getting nervous but it passed when they told her they haven't used any magic. Magic takes away energy, which they needed.
Harry turned and looked at the field. Fudge and six other adults were all wearing scarlet robes. They had to be the Aurors. Harry looked at them. They all seemed strong and very powerful. He was looking at them when the girls joined them. They all changed into their element robes.
"We can do this!" Caroline exclaimed.
"This should be a piece of cake for you," Stacy said with a mischievous look in her eyes.
"Why is it a piece of cake?" Liz asked noticing the look in her eyes.
"I didn't tell them everything that you can do. I just told them that you could change your appearance and change into animals. I never said anything about wandless magic or your elements," she said smiling. The others joined her in smiling.
"It will be great to see their faces when they challenge us," Matt said.
"We should start out small," Ashley said. "We don't want to begin with our toughest things. Give them time to cast some spells and block them. It will make them furious." Harry was just about to respond back to her when the headmaster's voice filled the pitch.
"Thank you for joining us today," he said, his voice magnified. "Today the minister has challenged some of the students here to a duel. The winnings stand as so. If the Hogwart's students trained by Professor Stacy Miller win, the parents will be arriving at this school. Sirius Black will also be released as well as given custody of Harry Potter. If the Aurors win, they get to deal with the situation themselves. There will be one match at a time. They will be as follows. First off are Jake Malon and Michael Stevenson. Second are Caroline Andrews and Kyle Roberts. Third are Matt Keper and Thomas Buss. Forth are Liz Peterson and Patrick Harris. Fifth are Ashley Strone and William Moder. Last are Harry Potter and Peter Addler. The match is determined when the an opponent is knocked out or unconscious. I wish the best of luck to both of you. When ready, will Jake Malon and Michael Stevenson please take their places on the field."
"So I'm first?" Jake asked smiling. "This will be fun." He took out his wand from his pockets and headed towards the center of the pitch. As soon as both opponents were in the center, Professor McGonagall approached them with the box of swords. She placed the box on the side of the pitch. She then stepped in between the two wizards before conjuring up a flag. Raising it over her head, she looked at both of them in turn before waving it towards the ground. The duel has begun.
Jake kept a smiling face as he and Michael circled around the arena. The Auror smirked before quickly throwing a disarming spell at Jake. It was easily blocked. They circled more until Jake came up with his first spell.
"Visidio!" he cried. The Auror's eyes went unfocused as he started screaming and backing away. He shot unaimed spells everywhere. Jake quickly destroyed them before they made it to the audience. Everyone was looking at the Auror in confusion. After a few more seconds, Jake said "Regulares." The Auror's vision cleared but not before Jake said the stunning spell and the match was over. Jake walked back still smiling to cheering from his friends and all the students at Hogwarts.
Dumbledore stood up after Michael Stevenson was removed from the field. "Congratulations. Jake Malon won that match. He won it with a fantastic visual spell. The spell made the opponent see what he was scared of making it easy to attack. Congratulations. Next up is Caroline Andrews facing Kyle Roberts." Dumbledore sat down smiling. His eyes were sparkling. Everyone looked ecstatic.
Harry looked up at the stands and saw where Ron and Hermione were sitting. Ron was enjoying the show but Harry could tell that Hermione was nervous.
'Don't be nervous, Hermione' Harry said to her making her jump a few feet in the air. He watched her eyes grow wide and search the stands for the person who said that. 'Jake didn't even use half of what he's capable of doing.' If possible, Hermione's eyes grew wider as she searched. Looking down at the ground, she saw Harry looking up at her.
*Harry?* she mouthed. Harry nodded his head. He turned back to the pitch when Caroline rose from her seat and headed towards the center, wand in her hand and posed. Her opponent was already on the field waiting for her. He had a smirk on his face. He looked confident that he could beat her. McGonagall came into the center of the field and waved the flag again.
"Scared?" Kyle asked sneering at Caroline.
"Expelliarmus!" Caroline yelled disarming her opponent. "Not anymore," she said smiling. She gave the wizard a chance to let it sink in that a 15-year- old girl just took his wand away. He picked up his wand and shot a disarming spell at Caroline who didn't bother to use the energy to side step it. Her wand flew from her hand into her opponent's. He didn't give it back. Kyle looked at her and said the stunning spell. The spell shot off towards Caroline who raised her hand in front of her calmly. The spell hit a red barrier before it disappeared. She smiled at the shocked expression on Kyle's face.
He began aiming spells at her but a barrier stopped all. Caroline stood in her spot the whole time not moving. Finally after a few minutes, Kyle began to get tired so without saying the incantation, a red light came from her hand and hit her opponent knocking him unconscious. She won by using the stunning spell with wandless magic. She quickly got her wand back and headed over to the others who were standing and clapping congratulating her.
"Congratulations Caroline Andrews," Dumbledore said. "She's the winner by using wandless magic. It was a great technique. The ministry team has no wins while the Hogwarts students have two. Now onto our third duel. The duelers are Matt Keper and Thomas Buss."
Matt stood up from his seat next to Harry and walked to the field. He met Thomas in the center. He drew his wand just before the flag was waved. As soon as they were able to fight, they both shouted, "Expelliarmus!" at the same time resulting in both of their wands flying out of their hands. Thomas ran to look for his in the grass while Mat stayed put. He thought about what to do. Wandless magic and magic with a wand was already used. Looking around the field, the box of swords caught his eye. He quickly retrieved the sword he practices with from the box. In the corner of his eye, he saw that Thomas had found his wand. He was approaching it in the grass and was about to pick it up until the blade of a sword crashed down between his hand and his wand. His hand recoiled and he looked up. He saw Matt with the sword in his hands. He kicked the wand farther away and made his opponent stand up and approach the box. Thomas quickly grabbed a sword and tried to bring it down on Matt but failed. Matt blocked it easily. Matt tried a few easily and slow blows with his sword. They were easy to block but some were cutting the Auror's robes. After a few minutes of easy striking, the Auror got impatient as he tried hard and fast blows trying to get anywhere on the teenager's body. Matt worked hard to block them but lost his patience. He threw some hard blows to the chest area knocking the Auror to the ground.
Matt smiled at the look of fear in the Auror's eyes before using wandless magic to stun him. Everyone applauded him as he walked back to the others panting.
"That was excellent Matt!" Stacy exclaimed.
"Thanks," he said banishing his sword back to the box and taking his seat next to Harry who relaxed and studied how the Auror's were fighting.
"What a wonderful defeat by Matt Keper!" Dumbledore commented. "That was an exciting match to watch." Harry looked over to where to minister and the Auror's were. Fudge looked furious and embarrassed. Harry had to laugh at the site. "Next up we have Liz Peterson verses Patrick Harris."
Liz stood up and headed out towards the middle of the pitch. Her hands were clenched on her wand. She met her opponent in the middle. He looked at her furious. Liz gulped as McGonagall's flag was waved. Liz expected to be hit with the disarming spell but instead, the Auror charged at her, fists up. She quickly banished her wand to her pocket before ducking and kicking his feet out from under him in a flawless move. He tripped. Liz stood up and raised her hands ready for his next attack. He looked at her in fury and quickly charged her again. She turned and ran but as she was running, see- through walls appeared right in front of her. Stopping before she hit them, she turned to see the Auror with his wand raised. He said the disarming spell as Liz's wand flew over to him, which he caught and stuck in his pocket. He stuck his own wand in his robes before running towards Liz again. Liz ran away in a different direction. She ran towards one of the corners of the walls. He kept following her, keeping close on her tail. Reaching the corner, Liz jumped, put her left foot on the right side of the wall, twisted herself and kicked her right foot off the left side. This made her able to aim her left foot right onto Patrick's head. She hit his head directly as he slumped down to the floor unconscious due to the powerful and unexpected blow to the head. The walls instantly disappeared.
Liz caught her breath before heading back to the others clutching a stitch in her side. She didn't check if he was okay. He scared her. Before taking her seat, she cried, "Accio wand." Her wand flew from one of the pockets in the Auror's robes to her hand. She exchanged high fives with everyone before taking her seat.
Jake grabbed her arm turned to the students. "Did you see that? Now you know. Never make her mad or this could be you! You have be warned!" he yelled embarrassing Liz. Harry quickly stood up and grabbed Jake's arm and made him sit back down.
Dumbledore stood. "Thank you for that advice Mr. Malon." Several people laughed. "That was an excellent move by Miss Peterson. That type of fighting I believe is very popular among muggles. Anyway, next up is Miss Ashley Strone against William Moder."
Ashley stood up from her seat and looked out upon the field. Harry could tell that she was nervous. He walked over to her and took her hand in his own. "You'll be fine," he reassured her squeezing lightly. Ashley looked up into his eyes and smiled. She squeezed back before letting go. She took a deep breath. She saw her opponent already in the center. He looked at her threateningly.
"I can't do this," she said, her voice shaking.
"Yes you can," Harry said.
She looked at him. "How?" she asked. Harry thought for a moment before whispering something in her ear. She nodded and headed off to the field.
Sitting back down, Caroline asked him, "What did you tell her Wolf?"
"Just a little hint and some advice," he responded smiling. He missed Stacy smiling at him. He watched as Ashley stopped in the center. Professor McGonaglall waved her flag. As soon as the flag was removed, the Auror opened his mouth but stopped as the wind picked up. Ashley's robes blew in the breeze but it's beautiful blue color changed to black as the wind blew it. Suddenly the wind stopped. Ashley wasn't the scared girl anymore. The Auror looked at her in horror.
"What happened?" Liz asked.
"You'll see," Harry said.
The two of them started circling. Everyone gasped as Ashley's face came into view. It didn't look like her at all. Her clothes changed to clothes of all black. Her skin was white. Her eyes were a bright blue. Her blond hair stood still on her shoulders. She had two sharp fangs in her mouth. Ashley had changed into a vampire. The Auror stumbled back not wanting to get her mad.
Finally remembering a spell, he cried, "Vampirus," Black smoke came out of his wand and surrounded Ashley. When the smoke cleared, Ashley was back to her old self. They exchanged a few spells until Ashley shapeshifted again. She changed into a lion, then to a wolf, then a dragon. She was confusing her opponent. She spit fire at him making his robes catch the flames. He tried to put it out while Ashley returned to her human form. While he was occupied with his burning robes, she stunned him. Applause rang out as she smiled and started to walk back to the group.
As she returned, Harry stood. "I told you that you could do it!" he exclaimed. She ran over to him and embraced him in a hug.
"Thank you so much! I really did do it," she said hugging him. She pushed herself back and looked up into his eyes. 'And you know what?" she asked.
"No what?" Harry asked still holding her.
"It felt really good," she replied smiling and laughing. Harry laughed along until he released her when Dumbledore announced that he would be up against Peter Addler. Harry took his wand from his pocket and looked at it. He banished it to his room. Harry took a deep breath and looked at his opponent who was already in the center. He was about to head to the middle when someone held him back. He turned to look Ashley in the eyes.
"I have advice for you," she said smiling. She had excitement in her voice. "If you have been paying attention, you would realize that we each beat everyone we came up against. We have five points more than they do. No way will they win. That also means that the parents are coming to Hogwarts and," she paused, "Sirius Black is released." Harry smiled as it set in. "Now here's my advice. Have fun with this one," she said pointing to Peter. "Do it for Sirius. Show off a little." She looked at his opponent again. "Or a lot," she added smiling. Harry nodded before heading to the center.
He met Peter in the middle. McGonagall walked over to them. A smile was on her face. "Ready? Fight!" the flag came down but before it was removed, the Auror aimed a disarming spell at Harry then laughed as no wand flew away.
"Forget something Potter?" he sneered. He started circling Harry.
"Not a thing," Harry replied calmly. He watched as the Auror circled him. Soundlessly, Harry put up an invisible barrier around himself.
"You know Potter," Peter said. "Your group is pretty powerful for kids. It's too bad that I'm the best from my group. The minister kept me just for you. Just for famous Harry Potter. You should feel honored."
"Oh believe me I do," Harry replied. "It would be my pleasure to beat you."
Peter laughed. "You think so?"
"I definitely think so," Harry replied. He took his hand out from his robes and held it in front of him. "Want to see a magic trick?" he asked. The Auror stopped in front of Harry. Harry teleported Peter's wand to his hand. "Here's your wand," he said holding it in his hand. He took his other hand and waved it over the wand. When Harry's hand went over it, the wand disappeared. "And there it goes,"; he said calmly.
The Auror looked at him in shock. "What did you do to it?" he asked worried.
"I hid it," Harry replied. He then began searching the skies. Suddenly he gasped and pointed. "There it is!" Peter looked up and saw his wand floating in the air.
"Now to get it back," Harry mumbled. "I guess we have to fly there." Peter looked at him confused. Harry looked back and smiled. He held his hands out at his side. He raised them. As he raised them he heard many people gasp as he and Peter raised into the air. Peter looked scared as he watched the ground get farther and farther away.
"Put me down!" he yelled scared. Harry could hear his voice shake.
"Put your wand is up there," Harry said pointing about 10 more feet higher.
"Put me down now!" he demanded.
Harry looked hurt. "Fine. Keep your robes on." The ground came rushing up at them. Harry landed perfectly on his feet while Peter practically hugged the ground. "Your wand is still up there," Harry pointed out. A mischievous sparkle shown in his eyes as he had an idea. "I can get it down. Hold on." Harry raised his arm and pointed it to the wand. Concentrating, Harry made the wand flow down toward him slowly. He finally grabbed the wand and held it in his hand for awhile. "I have an idea! Let's play a game. I'll throw priceless items into the air and you try to break them with spells."
"No!" Peter screamed standing up.
"Ok, maybe replaceable items. Not priceless ones. Ready?" Harry asked giving the Auror back his wand. Harry made a few glass balls appear and float in a line next to Harry. "On the count of three. One, two, three!" Harry waved his hands and one by one, the glass flew into the air. He noticed that Peter wasn't shooting at any of them. "I hope you realize that if you don't destroy them, they'll come back and hit you. But you knew that right?" Harry asked smiling.
The Auror looked frightened as he saw the glass fly towards him. He covered his head and kneeled to the ground expecting to be hit. When the impact didn't happen, he opened his eyes and looked around. He saw Harry above him with his wand drawn. You're no fun to play with you know that?"
"You're just like your father. Prankster at heart and mischief maker." Peter said just before Harry stunned him. Peter slumped down stunned. Harry had just enough time to turn around before he was embraced by his Godfather.
"You did it! You did it!" he cried. Tears streamed down his face. Harry was able to hear that Sirius was free before being engulfed again by Sirius and also Ashley. He couldn't remember when it ended but there was a huge party afterwards. Many people wanted to learn how to fight how they did. Many people were even questioning Sirius what pranks he pulled once they learned that he 's Padfoot. Classes were cancelled the rest of the day. All day long there was a huge party in the Great Hall and the common room of Gryffindor. They stayed up the whole night. All Harry remembered was laying next to his Godfather who was still answering questions before he fell asleep right there on the couch. .************************************************
Hey everyone! Thanks to those who reviewed. This is the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed it!!! Please review with your ideas! I use most ideas. Just review or e-mail me at NOANGEL3@aol.com. I'll be happy to answer questions or use ideas.
***************************************************
Harry slept through the night but woke up to Snuffles licking his face. He quickly got dressed and headed down to the common room. He met up with Matt and Jake who were talking about something near the fire. Harry approached them. They looked up and motioned him over.
"What's your plans for today?" He asked sitting down next to them.
Matt said, "We're planning to check out the forbidden forest today or just hang out by the lake. Want to come?"
Harry's eyes went wide as he remembered all the close encounters he's had in the forest. "You know, there is a reason why it's called forbidden!" he exclaimed.
"We can beat anything that comes up to us!" Jake said.
"Like ten foot tall spiders who want to eat you?" Harry said back.
Matt looked at Jake frightened. "Now hanging out by the lake is definitely starting to sound good," he replied.
Jake looked at him. "Scared?" he asked laughing.
"Bear, I've been caught in the forest many times and I'm lucky I came out alive!" Harry hissed.
Jake put up his hands defensively. "Fine. What are we going to do today?"
Harry thought for a moment. "How about going to Hagrid's Hut?" he asked.
"The half giant?" Matt asked. Harry nodded. "That sounds a lot better than the Forbidden Forest."
"Yea sure," Jake said. "Wanna go now?"
Harry looked at his watch. "It's breakfast time now. He'll be in the Great Hall. We can follow him back to his hut afterwards."
"Unless he has a class," Matt interrupted holding up his schedule. Harry took it and saw that the fifth years had Care of Magical Creatures after breakfast.
"Ok, maybe after that." Harry replied handing back the schedule.
"We'll attend that class," Matt said. "We can talk to him afterwards." They stood up and started walking out of the class until the portrait opened and in stepped Professor McGonagall.
"Boys, you are just the ones I was looking for," she said. "This year, the seventh years will be doing Animagus transformations and I thought that you would like to help me. I already spoke to the girls and they have agreed."
"What could we help with?" Matt asked the professor.
"I just need a few people to show what different animals they can pick from to change into and what advantages they might have."
"When would you need us?" Jake asked.
"After lunch I have the seventh years. Would you be available?" she asked anxiously.
They thought for a moment before Harry replied. "We should be professor. In the Transfiguration classroom?" Professor McGonagall nodded and thanked them before heading out through the portrait. They stared after her before heading out of the portrait themselves. They reached the Great Hall a few minutes later and sat down at the table.
Harry grabbed some pancakes and began eating when the doors of the Great Hall opened and in ran The Minister of Magic himself, Fudge. He looked furious as he ran up to Dumbledore. Dumbledore didn't look surprised to see him. He just continued with his breakfast. Harry could hear what he was yelling. He was sure that the whole hall could hear what he was saying.
"Having the parents at Hogwarts?" he yelled. "Honestly Albus, it's not necessary. You know that You-Know-Who is not alive! That attack the other day was simply by mad Death Eaters wanting revenge for the practical downfall of their master. I demand that the parents stay home and not come to Hogwarts." He rambled on while Harry rolled his eyes. No matter what happens, Fudge just can't admit that Voldermort is back and alive. Very much alive.
Harry wiped his mouth and stood up from his seat. As he walked towards the headmaster and the minister, he quickly changed his appearance. His blond hair changed back to its black unruly style. His eyes remained their color but black-rimmed glasses took their place on his face. On his forehead, his trademark scar appeared. His appearance changed all by the time he reached the two arguing people gaining many gasps from students who saw it.
"Mr. Fudge?" Harry called out as he got closer. When the minister turned around, Harry stopped in his tracks.
He looked down at Harry. "Harry potter?" he asked confused.
Harry nodded and held out his hand. It looked like a friendly greeting until the minister shook it. As soon as the minister shook it, his vision changed from the Great Hall to a dreadful graveyard. It was the same graveyard that Harry had visited at the end of the third task in his forth year. Harry channeled his memories to the minister of everything that happened. The minister saw it as if he was Harry. He saw the trip by the portkey and landing. He saw Cedric's death. As the memory was being sent to the minister, Harry realized something. At the graveyard, Wormtail was there. When he reached that part, he kept replaying it over and over. He also played the time when the Dark Lord was resurrected and the strange duel. Harry soon let it end.
The minister looked at him and took his hand back staring at Harry. "Now do you have enough proof?" Harry asked. His voice was so cold that it sent chills through anyone's spine if they heard it.
The minister looked at Harry in disgust. Harry's normally sparkling emerald eyes weren't sparkling at all but were dull and looked haunted. They weren't the eyes for a fifteen-year-old boy. At the corner of his eyes, he saw some of the teachers rise and start to walk toward them not sure what just happened until Dumbledore looked at them. They stopped in their spots. The only one who continued to carefully walk closer was Stacy who had a clue of what Harry did. She knew everything about the elements her students' control as well as their shapeshifter abilities. Harry used a different form of telepathy. He sent some memories that he had to Fudge when the minister of magic touched his hand.
"What did you do, Potter?" he asked. Fear was in his face.
"Remember what I showed you. That was what happened at the third task. Think back upon the people. Tell me who you see," Harry said in the same cold voice. Fudge looked away from those eyes but missed the signal to the other shapeshifters from Stacy who had stopped behind Fudge.
"What does it matter?" he asked harshly starting to walk out of the Great Hall. Harry watched him leave. Fudge was near the door until the doors opened and in stepped a large golden lion. A few hawks flew into the Hall. The lion showed his teeth and the hawks circled around. They made the minister back up until he was back where he began.
He turned to the headmaster. "This is uncalled for! Who is this? Unregistered Animagi?" he asked.
Dumbledore, who looked as calm as before just shrugged and shook his head. "This isn't my doing," he said calmly. "Why don't you ask Mr. Potter?" Fudge turned to Harry but with a look into his eyes, looked away. "What do you want?" he called to the animals. He swore he heard the hawks and the lion laugh.
"Maybe they want you to answer Mr. Potter," Stacy said from behind him. Fudge jumped, not knowing she was there. He rounded up on her.
"So you're behind this!" he yelled at her.
Stacy kept her cool and answered back. "Maybe you should answer Mr. Potter. If you don't remember, he asked you to name who you saw in the memory." Harry's eyes shot to her, surprised that she knew what he did but quickly went back to the minister.
"Why should I do what these animals tell me?" he asked in disgust. The lion growled making the minister jump in fear. The hawks landed all around the lion and in a split second, there were different animals in the room. The lion stayed the same but the hawks changed to a jaguar, cougar, bobcat, and a tiger. They all showed their teeth and started circling the group. The minister jumped up on the table in fear making some dishes fall and break onto the floor. Several students gasped as the hawks changed to cats while others laughed when the minister jumped onto the table.
"Name the person in the memory that you thought was murdered fourteen years ago," Stacy said impatiently. Dumbledore and most of the staff as well as students looked at her in surprise. No one knew what the minister saw. Dumbledore didn't know but had an idea now. "Either answer or these cats will attack."
"What are they?" the minister asked. Animagi can only change into one animal but he saw the hawks change into cats in front of his eyes.
"Answer the question and then we'll tell you," Stacy said.
Fudge closed his eyes trying to remember what happened until one person stayed in his mind. The minister's eyes shot open as he realized who it was. "No, it can't be," he said to himself.
"Who was it?" Harry asked his voice as cold as ever yet anxious. A black dog that was hiding under the Gryffindor table appeared and looked up at the minister and Harry.
"It couldn't be but it has to be. It was Peter Pettigrew." Several people gasped. Harry, Stacy, Dumbledore, Hermione, and Ron smiled. The cats looked like they even smiled.
Harry's cold voice broke as he smiled. His eyes sparkled. "And what does that mean?" he asked. The black dog came closer.
"Sirius Black didn't do it," Fudge said quietly forgetting his fear of the cats that have stopped circling and were sitting down.
"Then you promise to free my Godfather?" Harry asked. The animals showed their teeth.
Noticing the animals again, Fudge quickly said, "Yes. But one question, who are they?" Harry looked down at the cats and smiled.
"Minister," Dumbledore said smiling, "this is why the parents are coming to Hogwarts. This year we have added protection." He nodded to Stacy who nodded back.
"Minister, may I introduce you to the shapeshifters," she said pointing to the cats and Harry. The minister looked at the cats not realizing that Harry was included in the group.
"Shapeshifters?" he asked not knowing what she was talking about.
"Shapeshifters," Stacy repeated. "They have the amazing ability to change their appearance and change into animals."
"The five of them?" he asked looking down at the cats.
"Not five but six," Stacy clarified.
He looked at her. "Six?"
Stacy nodded. "May I introduce my students. The lion there," she said pointing, "is Jake Malon." The lion, in front of his eyes, changed into a human shocking him. "The tiger is Matt Keper. The cougar is Liz Peterson. The bobcat is Caroline Andrews. And that jaguar over there is Ashley Strone." They all changed back once their name was called.
"That's-that's five. You said six," the minister remarked.
Harry heard Jake mumble, "Congratulations, you can count," before someone, probably Caroline elbowed him in the stomach.
"Yes that's only five of them." She walked over to Harry. "Let me introduce you to the last member of the group. Harry James Potter." When his name was mentioned, he smiled and changed his appearance. Fudged looked amazed as Harry's jet-black hair turned blond, his glasses disappeared and his scar disappeared.
"How do I know that they're strong enough to protect everyone who'll be in this castle?" Fudge asked finally finding his courage.
Stacy was taken back. "What do you mean?" she asked.
"These shapeshifters you called them, are mere children. How can they protect the people in this castle?"
Stacy stepped away from Harry and looked him in the eye. "I've trained them. Put them in a duel against your top Aurors and I know they can show you that they are highly capable of fighting," she said. Fury rose in her voice. Behind her, the minister saw the faces of the shapeshifters. They looked at him mad that he would doubt their strength.
"That's right," Jake said coming closer. "Challenge all of us to a duel with your best aurors and well see who's the best here." At that time, some of the professors came closer objecting the idea of putting 15-year-old kids up to fully-grown and trained aurors. They started to voice their objection until Dumbledore put his hand up.
"Minister, if you'd like, bring your best aurors here as soon as possible and be ready to challenge Stacy's students," Dumbledore said calmly. He had a small smile on his face. The tension grew in the room.
He looked at the headmaster like he was off his rocker. "Fine. I'll bring them. What will happen if I win?" he asked.
Dumbledore looked up at the ceiling in thought until he said, "If my team wins, the parents come to Hogwarts and Sirius Black is freed and given custody of Harry Potter. If your team wins, the parents won't come, and you get to deal with the situation your way." Fudge thought about the deal before nodding his head and making his way to the open Great Hall doors.
"You know what this means right?" Stacy asked.
"We better win," Matt answered.
"Yea but a good thing came out of this," Caroline said. The others looked at her. "He looked like he was ready to wet his pants when we were cats." Everyone laughed at the memory.
"I suggest you eat breakfast and do what you can before you beat his team," Dumbledore said smiling.
"It's about time we got a decent opponent. Beating Stacy gets annoying and boring," Jake remarked. Stacy gave him a glare. "What? It's true." She rolled her eyes. They walked back to their table and sat down. Hermione immediately started yelling at them.
"How could you challenge fully-grown and trained aurors like that? They'll kill you!"
Harry's look shut her up. "We'll be fine. We've trained a lot," he said.
While Hermione was worried, Ron was amazed. "That was bloody brilliant! Did you see the look on his face?" Soon breakfast was over. The guys walked down to Hagrid's hut with Hermione and Ron while the girls headed back to the common room.
They made it down to Hagrid's hut in time for the class. He told them about centaurs until he stopped when he saw someone walking toward the group. Students turned around to see who the visitors are. Harry rolled his eyes when he saw Fudge walking fast toward them.
"He's back already?" Matt asked.
"Of course," Jake answered. "All he had to do was grab a few Aurors. None are pretty good so it was easy rounding up a few."
"I didn't expect him back this early," Harry remarked. He thought they'd have a few days to rest up and practice. They were just given over an hour instead.
When Fudge reached them, he looked at Harry, Jake, and Matt. "I've brought my best. They're ready and are at the Quidditch field. Albus has instructed the teachers to bring the students to the field," he said in a rush. He was angry. Harry could tell. The class walked to the pitch. Once at the pitch, the students went to the stands that they normally occupy during a match while Harry, Jake and Matt walked over to Stacy who was standing in front of some of Gryffindor stands.
"Why is he here so soon?" Harry asked Stacy.
"I don't know. I didn't expect him so early." She looked at all of them. "You didn't use a lot of your magic today have you?" she asked in a stern voice.
They all replied no. Harry could tell she was getting nervous but it passed when they told her they haven't used any magic. Magic takes away energy, which they needed.
Harry turned and looked at the field. Fudge and six other adults were all wearing scarlet robes. They had to be the Aurors. Harry looked at them. They all seemed strong and very powerful. He was looking at them when the girls joined them. They all changed into their element robes.
"We can do this!" Caroline exclaimed.
"This should be a piece of cake for you," Stacy said with a mischievous look in her eyes.
"Why is it a piece of cake?" Liz asked noticing the look in her eyes.
"I didn't tell them everything that you can do. I just told them that you could change your appearance and change into animals. I never said anything about wandless magic or your elements," she said smiling. The others joined her in smiling.
"It will be great to see their faces when they challenge us," Matt said.
"We should start out small," Ashley said. "We don't want to begin with our toughest things. Give them time to cast some spells and block them. It will make them furious." Harry was just about to respond back to her when the headmaster's voice filled the pitch.
"Thank you for joining us today," he said, his voice magnified. "Today the minister has challenged some of the students here to a duel. The winnings stand as so. If the Hogwart's students trained by Professor Stacy Miller win, the parents will be arriving at this school. Sirius Black will also be released as well as given custody of Harry Potter. If the Aurors win, they get to deal with the situation themselves. There will be one match at a time. They will be as follows. First off are Jake Malon and Michael Stevenson. Second are Caroline Andrews and Kyle Roberts. Third are Matt Keper and Thomas Buss. Forth are Liz Peterson and Patrick Harris. Fifth are Ashley Strone and William Moder. Last are Harry Potter and Peter Addler. The match is determined when the an opponent is knocked out or unconscious. I wish the best of luck to both of you. When ready, will Jake Malon and Michael Stevenson please take their places on the field."
"So I'm first?" Jake asked smiling. "This will be fun." He took out his wand from his pockets and headed towards the center of the pitch. As soon as both opponents were in the center, Professor McGonagall approached them with the box of swords. She placed the box on the side of the pitch. She then stepped in between the two wizards before conjuring up a flag. Raising it over her head, she looked at both of them in turn before waving it towards the ground. The duel has begun.
Jake kept a smiling face as he and Michael circled around the arena. The Auror smirked before quickly throwing a disarming spell at Jake. It was easily blocked. They circled more until Jake came up with his first spell.
"Visidio!" he cried. The Auror's eyes went unfocused as he started screaming and backing away. He shot unaimed spells everywhere. Jake quickly destroyed them before they made it to the audience. Everyone was looking at the Auror in confusion. After a few more seconds, Jake said "Regulares." The Auror's vision cleared but not before Jake said the stunning spell and the match was over. Jake walked back still smiling to cheering from his friends and all the students at Hogwarts.
Dumbledore stood up after Michael Stevenson was removed from the field. "Congratulations. Jake Malon won that match. He won it with a fantastic visual spell. The spell made the opponent see what he was scared of making it easy to attack. Congratulations. Next up is Caroline Andrews facing Kyle Roberts." Dumbledore sat down smiling. His eyes were sparkling. Everyone looked ecstatic.
Harry looked up at the stands and saw where Ron and Hermione were sitting. Ron was enjoying the show but Harry could tell that Hermione was nervous.
'Don't be nervous, Hermione' Harry said to her making her jump a few feet in the air. He watched her eyes grow wide and search the stands for the person who said that. 'Jake didn't even use half of what he's capable of doing.' If possible, Hermione's eyes grew wider as she searched. Looking down at the ground, she saw Harry looking up at her.
*Harry?* she mouthed. Harry nodded his head. He turned back to the pitch when Caroline rose from her seat and headed towards the center, wand in her hand and posed. Her opponent was already on the field waiting for her. He had a smirk on his face. He looked confident that he could beat her. McGonagall came into the center of the field and waved the flag again.
"Scared?" Kyle asked sneering at Caroline.
"Expelliarmus!" Caroline yelled disarming her opponent. "Not anymore," she said smiling. She gave the wizard a chance to let it sink in that a 15-year- old girl just took his wand away. He picked up his wand and shot a disarming spell at Caroline who didn't bother to use the energy to side step it. Her wand flew from her hand into her opponent's. He didn't give it back. Kyle looked at her and said the stunning spell. The spell shot off towards Caroline who raised her hand in front of her calmly. The spell hit a red barrier before it disappeared. She smiled at the shocked expression on Kyle's face.
He began aiming spells at her but a barrier stopped all. Caroline stood in her spot the whole time not moving. Finally after a few minutes, Kyle began to get tired so without saying the incantation, a red light came from her hand and hit her opponent knocking him unconscious. She won by using the stunning spell with wandless magic. She quickly got her wand back and headed over to the others who were standing and clapping congratulating her.
"Congratulations Caroline Andrews," Dumbledore said. "She's the winner by using wandless magic. It was a great technique. The ministry team has no wins while the Hogwarts students have two. Now onto our third duel. The duelers are Matt Keper and Thomas Buss."
Matt stood up from his seat next to Harry and walked to the field. He met Thomas in the center. He drew his wand just before the flag was waved. As soon as they were able to fight, they both shouted, "Expelliarmus!" at the same time resulting in both of their wands flying out of their hands. Thomas ran to look for his in the grass while Mat stayed put. He thought about what to do. Wandless magic and magic with a wand was already used. Looking around the field, the box of swords caught his eye. He quickly retrieved the sword he practices with from the box. In the corner of his eye, he saw that Thomas had found his wand. He was approaching it in the grass and was about to pick it up until the blade of a sword crashed down between his hand and his wand. His hand recoiled and he looked up. He saw Matt with the sword in his hands. He kicked the wand farther away and made his opponent stand up and approach the box. Thomas quickly grabbed a sword and tried to bring it down on Matt but failed. Matt blocked it easily. Matt tried a few easily and slow blows with his sword. They were easy to block but some were cutting the Auror's robes. After a few minutes of easy striking, the Auror got impatient as he tried hard and fast blows trying to get anywhere on the teenager's body. Matt worked hard to block them but lost his patience. He threw some hard blows to the chest area knocking the Auror to the ground.
Matt smiled at the look of fear in the Auror's eyes before using wandless magic to stun him. Everyone applauded him as he walked back to the others panting.
"That was excellent Matt!" Stacy exclaimed.
"Thanks," he said banishing his sword back to the box and taking his seat next to Harry who relaxed and studied how the Auror's were fighting.
"What a wonderful defeat by Matt Keper!" Dumbledore commented. "That was an exciting match to watch." Harry looked over to where to minister and the Auror's were. Fudge looked furious and embarrassed. Harry had to laugh at the site. "Next up we have Liz Peterson verses Patrick Harris."
Liz stood up and headed out towards the middle of the pitch. Her hands were clenched on her wand. She met her opponent in the middle. He looked at her furious. Liz gulped as McGonagall's flag was waved. Liz expected to be hit with the disarming spell but instead, the Auror charged at her, fists up. She quickly banished her wand to her pocket before ducking and kicking his feet out from under him in a flawless move. He tripped. Liz stood up and raised her hands ready for his next attack. He looked at her in fury and quickly charged her again. She turned and ran but as she was running, see- through walls appeared right in front of her. Stopping before she hit them, she turned to see the Auror with his wand raised. He said the disarming spell as Liz's wand flew over to him, which he caught and stuck in his pocket. He stuck his own wand in his robes before running towards Liz again. Liz ran away in a different direction. She ran towards one of the corners of the walls. He kept following her, keeping close on her tail. Reaching the corner, Liz jumped, put her left foot on the right side of the wall, twisted herself and kicked her right foot off the left side. This made her able to aim her left foot right onto Patrick's head. She hit his head directly as he slumped down to the floor unconscious due to the powerful and unexpected blow to the head. The walls instantly disappeared.
Liz caught her breath before heading back to the others clutching a stitch in her side. She didn't check if he was okay. He scared her. Before taking her seat, she cried, "Accio wand." Her wand flew from one of the pockets in the Auror's robes to her hand. She exchanged high fives with everyone before taking her seat.
Jake grabbed her arm turned to the students. "Did you see that? Now you know. Never make her mad or this could be you! You have be warned!" he yelled embarrassing Liz. Harry quickly stood up and grabbed Jake's arm and made him sit back down.
Dumbledore stood. "Thank you for that advice Mr. Malon." Several people laughed. "That was an excellent move by Miss Peterson. That type of fighting I believe is very popular among muggles. Anyway, next up is Miss Ashley Strone against William Moder."
Ashley stood up from her seat and looked out upon the field. Harry could tell that she was nervous. He walked over to her and took her hand in his own. "You'll be fine," he reassured her squeezing lightly. Ashley looked up into his eyes and smiled. She squeezed back before letting go. She took a deep breath. She saw her opponent already in the center. He looked at her threateningly.
"I can't do this," she said, her voice shaking.
"Yes you can," Harry said.
She looked at him. "How?" she asked. Harry thought for a moment before whispering something in her ear. She nodded and headed off to the field.
Sitting back down, Caroline asked him, "What did you tell her Wolf?"
"Just a little hint and some advice," he responded smiling. He missed Stacy smiling at him. He watched as Ashley stopped in the center. Professor McGonaglall waved her flag. As soon as the flag was removed, the Auror opened his mouth but stopped as the wind picked up. Ashley's robes blew in the breeze but it's beautiful blue color changed to black as the wind blew it. Suddenly the wind stopped. Ashley wasn't the scared girl anymore. The Auror looked at her in horror.
"What happened?" Liz asked.
"You'll see," Harry said.
The two of them started circling. Everyone gasped as Ashley's face came into view. It didn't look like her at all. Her clothes changed to clothes of all black. Her skin was white. Her eyes were a bright blue. Her blond hair stood still on her shoulders. She had two sharp fangs in her mouth. Ashley had changed into a vampire. The Auror stumbled back not wanting to get her mad.
Finally remembering a spell, he cried, "Vampirus," Black smoke came out of his wand and surrounded Ashley. When the smoke cleared, Ashley was back to her old self. They exchanged a few spells until Ashley shapeshifted again. She changed into a lion, then to a wolf, then a dragon. She was confusing her opponent. She spit fire at him making his robes catch the flames. He tried to put it out while Ashley returned to her human form. While he was occupied with his burning robes, she stunned him. Applause rang out as she smiled and started to walk back to the group.
As she returned, Harry stood. "I told you that you could do it!" he exclaimed. She ran over to him and embraced him in a hug.
"Thank you so much! I really did do it," she said hugging him. She pushed herself back and looked up into his eyes. 'And you know what?" she asked.
"No what?" Harry asked still holding her.
"It felt really good," she replied smiling and laughing. Harry laughed along until he released her when Dumbledore announced that he would be up against Peter Addler. Harry took his wand from his pocket and looked at it. He banished it to his room. Harry took a deep breath and looked at his opponent who was already in the center. He was about to head to the middle when someone held him back. He turned to look Ashley in the eyes.
"I have advice for you," she said smiling. She had excitement in her voice. "If you have been paying attention, you would realize that we each beat everyone we came up against. We have five points more than they do. No way will they win. That also means that the parents are coming to Hogwarts and," she paused, "Sirius Black is released." Harry smiled as it set in. "Now here's my advice. Have fun with this one," she said pointing to Peter. "Do it for Sirius. Show off a little." She looked at his opponent again. "Or a lot," she added smiling. Harry nodded before heading to the center.
He met Peter in the middle. McGonagall walked over to them. A smile was on her face. "Ready? Fight!" the flag came down but before it was removed, the Auror aimed a disarming spell at Harry then laughed as no wand flew away.
"Forget something Potter?" he sneered. He started circling Harry.
"Not a thing," Harry replied calmly. He watched as the Auror circled him. Soundlessly, Harry put up an invisible barrier around himself.
"You know Potter," Peter said. "Your group is pretty powerful for kids. It's too bad that I'm the best from my group. The minister kept me just for you. Just for famous Harry Potter. You should feel honored."
"Oh believe me I do," Harry replied. "It would be my pleasure to beat you."
Peter laughed. "You think so?"
"I definitely think so," Harry replied. He took his hand out from his robes and held it in front of him. "Want to see a magic trick?" he asked. The Auror stopped in front of Harry. Harry teleported Peter's wand to his hand. "Here's your wand," he said holding it in his hand. He took his other hand and waved it over the wand. When Harry's hand went over it, the wand disappeared. "And there it goes,"; he said calmly.
The Auror looked at him in shock. "What did you do to it?" he asked worried.
"I hid it," Harry replied. He then began searching the skies. Suddenly he gasped and pointed. "There it is!" Peter looked up and saw his wand floating in the air.
"Now to get it back," Harry mumbled. "I guess we have to fly there." Peter looked at him confused. Harry looked back and smiled. He held his hands out at his side. He raised them. As he raised them he heard many people gasp as he and Peter raised into the air. Peter looked scared as he watched the ground get farther and farther away.
"Put me down!" he yelled scared. Harry could hear his voice shake.
"Put your wand is up there," Harry said pointing about 10 more feet higher.
"Put me down now!" he demanded.
Harry looked hurt. "Fine. Keep your robes on." The ground came rushing up at them. Harry landed perfectly on his feet while Peter practically hugged the ground. "Your wand is still up there," Harry pointed out. A mischievous sparkle shown in his eyes as he had an idea. "I can get it down. Hold on." Harry raised his arm and pointed it to the wand. Concentrating, Harry made the wand flow down toward him slowly. He finally grabbed the wand and held it in his hand for awhile. "I have an idea! Let's play a game. I'll throw priceless items into the air and you try to break them with spells."
"No!" Peter screamed standing up.
"Ok, maybe replaceable items. Not priceless ones. Ready?" Harry asked giving the Auror back his wand. Harry made a few glass balls appear and float in a line next to Harry. "On the count of three. One, two, three!" Harry waved his hands and one by one, the glass flew into the air. He noticed that Peter wasn't shooting at any of them. "I hope you realize that if you don't destroy them, they'll come back and hit you. But you knew that right?" Harry asked smiling.
The Auror looked frightened as he saw the glass fly towards him. He covered his head and kneeled to the ground expecting to be hit. When the impact didn't happen, he opened his eyes and looked around. He saw Harry above him with his wand drawn. You're no fun to play with you know that?"
"You're just like your father. Prankster at heart and mischief maker." Peter said just before Harry stunned him. Peter slumped down stunned. Harry had just enough time to turn around before he was embraced by his Godfather.
"You did it! You did it!" he cried. Tears streamed down his face. Harry was able to hear that Sirius was free before being engulfed again by Sirius and also Ashley. He couldn't remember when it ended but there was a huge party afterwards. Many people wanted to learn how to fight how they did. Many people were even questioning Sirius what pranks he pulled once they learned that he 's Padfoot. Classes were cancelled the rest of the day. All day long there was a huge party in the Great Hall and the common room of Gryffindor. They stayed up the whole night. All Harry remembered was laying next to his Godfather who was still answering questions before he fell asleep right there on the couch. .************************************************
Hey everyone! Thanks to those who reviewed. This is the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed it!!! Please review with your ideas! I use most ideas. Just review or e-mail me at NOANGEL3@aol.com. I'll be happy to answer questions or use ideas.