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Harry rubbed his eyes. Opening his eyes, he saw that he fell asleep on the couch in front of the fire in Gryffindor Tower. Someone had put a blanket over him. He laid there looking into the fire until he heard a voice behind him ask, "Are you up yet Wolf?" Harry sat up and turned to look who asked the question. He saw Ashley standing behind the couch.
"I just woke up," Harry replied yawning.
Ashley smiled. "I see that. Come on. It's breakfast time." Harry remembered the events of the other day. Smiling, Harry stood up to stretch. The blanket fell off of him. He saw that he was wearing the same clothes as before.
"Go take a shower. We'll go down when you're done. I'll wait right here." Ashley sat down on one of the couches and called a notebook to her. It came flying from the girls' dormitories right into her hand. She then called a quill.
Harry headed to the showers. After a quick shower he put on his element robes and headed back down to the common room. Ashley was on the couch writing in her notebook. She didn't seem aware of Harry's decent. Harry walked up to her.
"What are you writing?" he asked. Ashley jumped. "Scared?" he asked laughing.
"Yes you did scare me!" Ashley said. She laid her quill down and gave Harry her notebook. "It's a letter to my parents." Harry looked down at it.
"You write to them a lot don't you?" he asked.
"Everyday," she replied softly. "I miss them."
"I miss mine too," Harry remarked softly. There was awkward silence between the two.
"Ready to go?' Ashley asked breaking the silence. Harry nodded. He handed her back the notebook, which she banished to her room. They then walked out through the portrait and down to the Great Hall. Arriving to breakfast, they took their seats and ate before being rushed to classes. The Gryffindors had Herbology first then Transfiguration after that. Harry attended the classes for a lack of anything else to do. He sat in the classes and offered his assistance in anything as well as answering questions correctly by himself earning Gryffindor points. The day went by quickly. The whole day, Harry didn't see Sirius once. When he asked where he was, people said that he left Hogwarts. They didn't know why but that's what they heard.
Harry was in the common room reading up on defense spells, ignoring Ron who kept on complaining that he was turning into Hermione. Hermione was across the table working on her transfiguration homework and giving Ron glares. Ron eventually left.
"Hey Harry," Hermione said. Harry looked up from his book and saw Hermione holding a cute gray kitten. "Isn't she the cutest?"
Harry laughed. "Does that mean that you did your homework?" Hermione nodded as she admired her kitten.
"This used to be a feather. I was going to change it into an owl but I liked the kitten."
"You could always make it an owl," Harry pointed out going back to his book.
"Oh no! Not another one!" they heard Ron yell. Harry turned around and saw him walk down the rest of the stairs. "Enough with the bloody cats!" he yelled.
"I suggest you make it into an owl," Harry said quickly. Hermione nodded but turned it back into a feather.
Ron walked over to them and sat down next to Harry. "Learn anything interesting?" he asked. Harry nodded smiling. He conjured up a goblet of juice and took a sip. "I can't believe my parents are coming to Hogwarts in a few minutes," Ron said. Harry nearly choked on his juice.
"That's today?" he asked.
Ron and Hermione looked at him surprised by his reaction. "Yea mate. In a few minutes," Ron repeated slowly. Harry looked at his watch. It was 4:55.
"When are they arriving?" Harry asked. Ron was just about to answer until the portrait opened and in stepped Professor McGonagall.
"Gryffindors," she called. "Go to the Great Hall now please. And Harry Potter," Harry looked at her. "The headmaster asks that you appear with your original appearance." Harry smiled and changed his hair black, and made his glasses and scar disappear.
"Apparently now," Ron answered. Hermione stood and ran up to her dormitory to put away her homework. Then she, Ron and Harry headed out the portrait and down to the Great Hall. When they entered the Hall, their mouths opened by the amount of people. The parents already arrived and were all over the place hugging and kissing their children.
"Oi Mum!" Ron called. Harry looked to where he was looking and saw Mrs. and Mr. Weasley. Fred, George and Ginny were already there. They turned and looked in their direction and waved. They waved back and headed over to them.
Mrs. Weasley embraced them all in a hug. "I was so worried about that attack," she said. Tears were forming in her eyes.
"I was surprised the other day when a letter from Dumbledore came," Mr. Weasley said. "He said there was added protection but didn't mention what it is." Harry, Hermione, and Ron smiled.
Hermione looked around and saw her parents looking around. Hermione waved to get their attention. Seeing their daughter, they came over to where they were gathered. Hermione hugged her mother and her father before introducing her friends.
"These are my best friends, Ron Weasley and Harry Potter," Hermione said pointing at them. They shook Mr. and Mrs. Granger's hands.
"Can everyone take their seats, please?" Dumbledore asked from the staff table. Harry walked with them to the table. "I ask Stacy Miller's students to please sit at the staff table." Harry looked up and saw the others walking to the staff table.
"Harry, come sit down," Mrs. Weasley said already sitting down.
"I have to sit at the staff table," he replied walking away leaving a very confused Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. Harry walked to the table but before he could sit down, someone grabbed him from behind. Harry jumped and turned to see Sirius smiling down on him.
"What are you doing here?" Harry asked surprised to see him.
Sirius' smiled disappeared. "I thought the parents and guardians were suppose to be here," he responded putting his hand to his chin in thought.
Harry looked at him confused. "They are," Harry answered.
Sirius' eyes lit up. "Oh good. So I'm suppose to be here. I believe my child is around here somewhere. He could have blond or black hair, green eyes, sometimes has a scar on his forehead and sometimes wears glasses. He goes by the name Harry Potter. Do you know him?" Sirius asked.
Harry's eyes widened. "Are you serious?" he asked.
"That's my name," Sirius answered laughing as he looked at Harry's face. "Yes I am serious." He reached into his robes and took out a packet of paper. "It's all here." Harry took it and flipped through it. "The whole summary of what that means is that I am free and I have full custody of my Godson/son Harry James Potter." Harry stopped flipping through and looked up at him. Without any warning, he jumped into his arms and hugged him.
"Finally! This is great!" Harry exclaimed.
"We finally got it. It took a year but we finally did it," Sirius said letting go of Harry. "I think it's time that you go sit in your seat. I'll be sitting at Gryffindor table if you need me." Sirius walked away after Harry handed back the packet. He sat down in his seat.
"What was that all about?" Jake asked. He was Harry sat between him and Ashley.
"I now have a father," Harry said.
"That's great!" Ashley exclaimed hugging Harry who returned it. Harry could see Sirius over her shoulder. Sirius was looking at him, smiling as he raised his eyebrows. Harry slightly shook his head as he rolled his eyes.
"Yea. He signed a few hundred papers it looked like but he's free and has custody of me," Harry said letting go of Ashley.
"That's terrific!" she said.
"Congratulations Harry," Jake said smiling. Harry looked out at the Hall and saw that the tables were packed. Most of the parents had made their way to their seats. After the last couple of people were seated, Dumbledore stood and addressed the Hall.
"Welcome to Hogwarts! I hope you enjoy your stay here in the castle. Just to mention, we have the first Quidditch match tomorrow morning for all of you who'd like to attend. It will most likely be a very entertaining game as they always are when we play these two houses. It will be Slytherin against Gryffindor. Both have new captains. Slytherins new captain is Mr. Draco Malfoy. Gryffindor has the honor to have Mr. Harry Potter as captain." Harry looked at Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's reactions and saw that they were excited. "Now that I've said that, let's get back to why I've invited you all here. This year, we have the honor to have Ms Stacy Miller as DADA teacher. She also brought her students. These students are the reason why we are able to have many people in Hogwarts because these students are providing protection. I now introduce Stacy Miller." Dumbledore sat down as Stacy stood. She was sitting next to Caroline.
"Thank you professor," Stacy began. "I've taught my students many skills needed to survive in the world now as well as about their powers which are very special and powerful. I call them shapeshifters simply because that's what they are. These teenagers have the amazing ability to change their form and appearance to anything they want as well as others."
"Teenagers?" one parent asked interrupting Stacy.
"Yes teenagers," Stacy answered. "Six fifteen year olds actually."
"Teenagers are the form of protection?" another parent asked.
"Let me introduce my students before you doubt them. Right next to me is Caroline Andrews." Caroline stood and bowed her head slightly. "Next to her is Liz Peterson. Then there is Ashley Strone. There is Harry Potter," Harry stood up when his name was called. As he bowed his head, he changed his appearance back to his elemental looks earning gasps from many people. "And Jake Malon. On the end there is Matt Keper."
"How are they able to protect us? They can change their appearance, so what? So they can hide?" a mother asked.
"They can do a lot more than that. Just yesterday they did something incredible. They beat six Aurors. I'll show you." She reached into her bag by her chair and produced a tape. Harry looked at her.
"She recorded it?" he asked Jake. He just shrugged his shoulders.
"Guess so," he answered. Harry watched at she conjured up a white screen on one side of the Hall. Pointing her wand at the tape, she muttered a spell. The tape disappeared but images appeared on the screen.
"First up is Jake Malon," Stacy said. Harry looked at the screen and saw Jake dueling with his opponent with the visual spell and won. Next up was Caroline. They watched as she used wandless magic. They watched Matt use his skill with swords. They saw Liz climb the wall and kick her Auror in the head. They were amazed when they saw Ashley as a vampire and a dragon. They gasped when they saw Harry floating in the air and attack his opponent with the glass. Harry saw several of them look at him. He noticed some of them glancing at Sirius. Since Sirius was able to walk into the Hall without anyone cursing him, Harry suspected that his freedom was displayed in the Daily Prophet. The video finally came to an end as the images disappeared. Stacy made the tape and screen disappear before turning to the group.
"Any questions or doubts that these people can't defend us?" Stacy asked smiling when no one raised their hand.
"That was incredible," someone said. Harry and the others laughed. "How did you learn to do that?"
"I've been teaching them everything they know," Stacy replied. There was silence in the room. No one moved.
After a few more seconds of silence, Dumbledore stood as Stacy sat down. "Now on to the feast!" he said as the plates filled with food.
"Stacy," Harry called down the table. "Why can't we eat with the Gryffindors?"
"Because we needed to introduce you. You can sit there now or just stay up here. It's probably better up here. The table's packed. More chairs will be there tomorrow," she answered. Harry went back to his dinner.
"So, first Quidditch game tomorrow huh?" Ashley asked picking at her food. Harry noticed it.
"Nervous?" he asked. Ashley stopped moving her food around her plate and looked up at him.
"What would make you think that?" she asked. Harry pointed to her plate. Her food was in the shape of a broom heading to the ground. "Ok fine. I'm nervous," she answered sighing.
"I remember my first game," Harry said pushing his own food around his plate.
"What happened?" Ashley asked excited.
Harry laughed as he remembered. "I swallowed the snitch."
Ashley laughed. "At least you caught it!" she exclaimed.
"Yea. I guess so," Harry said. "A pretty weird way to catch it."
"Don't know why you like flying so much," Jake said. "It's horrible and boring."
"Hey Earth-boy," Matt said next to him. "Just because your element is on the ground doesn't mean that we can't fly."
"Isn't your element on the ground?" Jake asked.
"It's called rain, Bear," Matt answered smiling.
"I thought that was in Ashley's department," Jake answered.
"No, I can control clouds, wind and sometimes thunder and lightning but not the rain," Ashley answered hearing them.
"Oh," Jake said. "The only one who doesn't belong on the Earth is Wolf," he said laughing. He was awarded with his scoop of mash potatoes flying into his face and a smile from Harry.
"Hey Prongs Jr." Sirius called walking up to them. "What was that for?"
"He said I didn't belong on Earth," Harry answered smiling at his Godfather. Sirius looked at his strangely. "I mean my element doesn't belong on Earth. I'm the mind remember?"
A few people down, Stacy threw down her fork. "I knew I forgot to tell them something. You're elementals!" She said angry.
"It was probably better that they didn't know just incase some Slytherins are Death Eaters," Sirius pointed out.
Suddenly Harry's head snapped up. "Malfoy!" Harry exclaimed.
"Draco?" Stacy asked.
"No, his father. His father's a Death Eater!" Harry exclaimed.
"Don't worry. I didn't see him here. If I did, I would've told Stacy to limit what she says. We can't let the Dark side know about you lot yet. I don't think Voldermort knows yet and I want to see his face when he does find out. It would be a Kodak moment as muggles might say. I just wish his face didn't have to be in it."
"Padfoot, what are you going on about now?" a voice said from behind him. He turned and saw Remus Lupin walking up to the group. "Shapeshifters huh?" he asked. "What an honor. Your father would've been proud." Harry thought about that until he asked what's been on his mind.
"Why am I a shapeshifter? Is it because of my blood line?" he asked. Stacy answered.
"When I first saw you, I told you that it was because of certain traits you have remember?" Harry nodded. "I think it's because you're all determined, confident, have a good heart, strong, loyal and more. It really has nothing to do with a family line. I don't know who chooses who to be a shapeshifter. All I do is try to find them and train them," Stacy finished. Harry slowly nodded his head.
"Professor Lupin, what are you doing here?" Harry asked changing the subject.
"Well for one thing, call me Remus and second, I heard there was protection here so I thought that I would come," Lupin replied. "Plus why would I want to miss the first game that you're the captain for?"
"He's going to get clobbered," Jake remarked before Harry and Matt elbowed him in the sides at the same time.
"You're lucky I'm not next to you," Ashley said. "You would've gotten more than just an elbow in the ribs."
"Oh really?" Jake said back. "Let's see!" Ashley stood up and made the wind blow making things fly in Jake's face. Several people looked around in confusion at the mysterious wind.
"Hey!" Stacy yelled. "No magic on each other. The swords are in my office. Use those."
Everyone looked at her in surprise before looking at each other and saying, "Ok!" at the same time. They stood and ran out of the Great Hall.
"Come on Moony," Sirius said. "This is going to be wicked to watch. They're really good." Remus looked at him as if he was crazy.
"And I thought you would be the first one to oppose the idea of having them trying to attack each other with swords. And you," he looked at Stacy. "I can't believe that you're letting them do this!"
"Don't worry about it. When the swords are not in use, I put a spell on them to make them dull. When I'm with them and the students are trained enough, I put a spell on them to make them sharp. Right now if they hit each other, they'll be lucky to draw blood. It will even be amazing if they break the clothing. Don't worry about them. I'm heading out there now." Stacy stood and led the two men out of the Hall.
They headed right to the Quidditch pitch where they saw that they had already started. Ashley was facing Jake, Matt was facing Harry, and Liz and Caroline were on the side watching. They watched as the swords met in the air making loud clashing noises. Ashley and Jake were trying hard to hit each other but each swing was blocked. Remus, Sirius and Stacy would see that both of them were panting.
A few feet away, Harry and Matt were fighting but not as desperate to hit each other. They seemed to be teaching each other new moves and improving what was wrong or weak. Eventually Ashley and Jake gave up as they threw their swords in the box. Harry and Matt followed suit and headed over to Remus, Sirius and Stacy. Caroline and Liz joined them.
They talked for a while and even made a game of Quidditch with everyone, except Jake, and played until it got dark. When it darkened, they headed back towards the tower. The students headed to the common room while the adults headed to their rooms near the teacher's quarters. They said good night and separated. Once in the common room, they talked until they got tired and went up to bed. ************************************************ Hey sorry is this looks rushed and is smaller than usual but I'm going camping till Sunday so I won't be able to type. Just be thankful that I did post 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. I'll start writing who reviews and responces next chapter! Keep on reading and reviewing!
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Harry rubbed his eyes. Opening his eyes, he saw that he fell asleep on the couch in front of the fire in Gryffindor Tower. Someone had put a blanket over him. He laid there looking into the fire until he heard a voice behind him ask, "Are you up yet Wolf?" Harry sat up and turned to look who asked the question. He saw Ashley standing behind the couch.
"I just woke up," Harry replied yawning.
Ashley smiled. "I see that. Come on. It's breakfast time." Harry remembered the events of the other day. Smiling, Harry stood up to stretch. The blanket fell off of him. He saw that he was wearing the same clothes as before.
"Go take a shower. We'll go down when you're done. I'll wait right here." Ashley sat down on one of the couches and called a notebook to her. It came flying from the girls' dormitories right into her hand. She then called a quill.
Harry headed to the showers. After a quick shower he put on his element robes and headed back down to the common room. Ashley was on the couch writing in her notebook. She didn't seem aware of Harry's decent. Harry walked up to her.
"What are you writing?" he asked. Ashley jumped. "Scared?" he asked laughing.
"Yes you did scare me!" Ashley said. She laid her quill down and gave Harry her notebook. "It's a letter to my parents." Harry looked down at it.
"You write to them a lot don't you?" he asked.
"Everyday," she replied softly. "I miss them."
"I miss mine too," Harry remarked softly. There was awkward silence between the two.
"Ready to go?' Ashley asked breaking the silence. Harry nodded. He handed her back the notebook, which she banished to her room. They then walked out through the portrait and down to the Great Hall. Arriving to breakfast, they took their seats and ate before being rushed to classes. The Gryffindors had Herbology first then Transfiguration after that. Harry attended the classes for a lack of anything else to do. He sat in the classes and offered his assistance in anything as well as answering questions correctly by himself earning Gryffindor points. The day went by quickly. The whole day, Harry didn't see Sirius once. When he asked where he was, people said that he left Hogwarts. They didn't know why but that's what they heard.
Harry was in the common room reading up on defense spells, ignoring Ron who kept on complaining that he was turning into Hermione. Hermione was across the table working on her transfiguration homework and giving Ron glares. Ron eventually left.
"Hey Harry," Hermione said. Harry looked up from his book and saw Hermione holding a cute gray kitten. "Isn't she the cutest?"
Harry laughed. "Does that mean that you did your homework?" Hermione nodded as she admired her kitten.
"This used to be a feather. I was going to change it into an owl but I liked the kitten."
"You could always make it an owl," Harry pointed out going back to his book.
"Oh no! Not another one!" they heard Ron yell. Harry turned around and saw him walk down the rest of the stairs. "Enough with the bloody cats!" he yelled.
"I suggest you make it into an owl," Harry said quickly. Hermione nodded but turned it back into a feather.
Ron walked over to them and sat down next to Harry. "Learn anything interesting?" he asked. Harry nodded smiling. He conjured up a goblet of juice and took a sip. "I can't believe my parents are coming to Hogwarts in a few minutes," Ron said. Harry nearly choked on his juice.
"That's today?" he asked.
Ron and Hermione looked at him surprised by his reaction. "Yea mate. In a few minutes," Ron repeated slowly. Harry looked at his watch. It was 4:55.
"When are they arriving?" Harry asked. Ron was just about to answer until the portrait opened and in stepped Professor McGonagall.
"Gryffindors," she called. "Go to the Great Hall now please. And Harry Potter," Harry looked at her. "The headmaster asks that you appear with your original appearance." Harry smiled and changed his hair black, and made his glasses and scar disappear.
"Apparently now," Ron answered. Hermione stood and ran up to her dormitory to put away her homework. Then she, Ron and Harry headed out the portrait and down to the Great Hall. When they entered the Hall, their mouths opened by the amount of people. The parents already arrived and were all over the place hugging and kissing their children.
"Oi Mum!" Ron called. Harry looked to where he was looking and saw Mrs. and Mr. Weasley. Fred, George and Ginny were already there. They turned and looked in their direction and waved. They waved back and headed over to them.
Mrs. Weasley embraced them all in a hug. "I was so worried about that attack," she said. Tears were forming in her eyes.
"I was surprised the other day when a letter from Dumbledore came," Mr. Weasley said. "He said there was added protection but didn't mention what it is." Harry, Hermione, and Ron smiled.
Hermione looked around and saw her parents looking around. Hermione waved to get their attention. Seeing their daughter, they came over to where they were gathered. Hermione hugged her mother and her father before introducing her friends.
"These are my best friends, Ron Weasley and Harry Potter," Hermione said pointing at them. They shook Mr. and Mrs. Granger's hands.
"Can everyone take their seats, please?" Dumbledore asked from the staff table. Harry walked with them to the table. "I ask Stacy Miller's students to please sit at the staff table." Harry looked up and saw the others walking to the staff table.
"Harry, come sit down," Mrs. Weasley said already sitting down.
"I have to sit at the staff table," he replied walking away leaving a very confused Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. Harry walked to the table but before he could sit down, someone grabbed him from behind. Harry jumped and turned to see Sirius smiling down on him.
"What are you doing here?" Harry asked surprised to see him.
Sirius' smiled disappeared. "I thought the parents and guardians were suppose to be here," he responded putting his hand to his chin in thought.
Harry looked at him confused. "They are," Harry answered.
Sirius' eyes lit up. "Oh good. So I'm suppose to be here. I believe my child is around here somewhere. He could have blond or black hair, green eyes, sometimes has a scar on his forehead and sometimes wears glasses. He goes by the name Harry Potter. Do you know him?" Sirius asked.
Harry's eyes widened. "Are you serious?" he asked.
"That's my name," Sirius answered laughing as he looked at Harry's face. "Yes I am serious." He reached into his robes and took out a packet of paper. "It's all here." Harry took it and flipped through it. "The whole summary of what that means is that I am free and I have full custody of my Godson/son Harry James Potter." Harry stopped flipping through and looked up at him. Without any warning, he jumped into his arms and hugged him.
"Finally! This is great!" Harry exclaimed.
"We finally got it. It took a year but we finally did it," Sirius said letting go of Harry. "I think it's time that you go sit in your seat. I'll be sitting at Gryffindor table if you need me." Sirius walked away after Harry handed back the packet. He sat down in his seat.
"What was that all about?" Jake asked. He was Harry sat between him and Ashley.
"I now have a father," Harry said.
"That's great!" Ashley exclaimed hugging Harry who returned it. Harry could see Sirius over her shoulder. Sirius was looking at him, smiling as he raised his eyebrows. Harry slightly shook his head as he rolled his eyes.
"Yea. He signed a few hundred papers it looked like but he's free and has custody of me," Harry said letting go of Ashley.
"That's terrific!" she said.
"Congratulations Harry," Jake said smiling. Harry looked out at the Hall and saw that the tables were packed. Most of the parents had made their way to their seats. After the last couple of people were seated, Dumbledore stood and addressed the Hall.
"Welcome to Hogwarts! I hope you enjoy your stay here in the castle. Just to mention, we have the first Quidditch match tomorrow morning for all of you who'd like to attend. It will most likely be a very entertaining game as they always are when we play these two houses. It will be Slytherin against Gryffindor. Both have new captains. Slytherins new captain is Mr. Draco Malfoy. Gryffindor has the honor to have Mr. Harry Potter as captain." Harry looked at Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's reactions and saw that they were excited. "Now that I've said that, let's get back to why I've invited you all here. This year, we have the honor to have Ms Stacy Miller as DADA teacher. She also brought her students. These students are the reason why we are able to have many people in Hogwarts because these students are providing protection. I now introduce Stacy Miller." Dumbledore sat down as Stacy stood. She was sitting next to Caroline.
"Thank you professor," Stacy began. "I've taught my students many skills needed to survive in the world now as well as about their powers which are very special and powerful. I call them shapeshifters simply because that's what they are. These teenagers have the amazing ability to change their form and appearance to anything they want as well as others."
"Teenagers?" one parent asked interrupting Stacy.
"Yes teenagers," Stacy answered. "Six fifteen year olds actually."
"Teenagers are the form of protection?" another parent asked.
"Let me introduce my students before you doubt them. Right next to me is Caroline Andrews." Caroline stood and bowed her head slightly. "Next to her is Liz Peterson. Then there is Ashley Strone. There is Harry Potter," Harry stood up when his name was called. As he bowed his head, he changed his appearance back to his elemental looks earning gasps from many people. "And Jake Malon. On the end there is Matt Keper."
"How are they able to protect us? They can change their appearance, so what? So they can hide?" a mother asked.
"They can do a lot more than that. Just yesterday they did something incredible. They beat six Aurors. I'll show you." She reached into her bag by her chair and produced a tape. Harry looked at her.
"She recorded it?" he asked Jake. He just shrugged his shoulders.
"Guess so," he answered. Harry watched at she conjured up a white screen on one side of the Hall. Pointing her wand at the tape, she muttered a spell. The tape disappeared but images appeared on the screen.
"First up is Jake Malon," Stacy said. Harry looked at the screen and saw Jake dueling with his opponent with the visual spell and won. Next up was Caroline. They watched as she used wandless magic. They watched Matt use his skill with swords. They saw Liz climb the wall and kick her Auror in the head. They were amazed when they saw Ashley as a vampire and a dragon. They gasped when they saw Harry floating in the air and attack his opponent with the glass. Harry saw several of them look at him. He noticed some of them glancing at Sirius. Since Sirius was able to walk into the Hall without anyone cursing him, Harry suspected that his freedom was displayed in the Daily Prophet. The video finally came to an end as the images disappeared. Stacy made the tape and screen disappear before turning to the group.
"Any questions or doubts that these people can't defend us?" Stacy asked smiling when no one raised their hand.
"That was incredible," someone said. Harry and the others laughed. "How did you learn to do that?"
"I've been teaching them everything they know," Stacy replied. There was silence in the room. No one moved.
After a few more seconds of silence, Dumbledore stood as Stacy sat down. "Now on to the feast!" he said as the plates filled with food.
"Stacy," Harry called down the table. "Why can't we eat with the Gryffindors?"
"Because we needed to introduce you. You can sit there now or just stay up here. It's probably better up here. The table's packed. More chairs will be there tomorrow," she answered. Harry went back to his dinner.
"So, first Quidditch game tomorrow huh?" Ashley asked picking at her food. Harry noticed it.
"Nervous?" he asked. Ashley stopped moving her food around her plate and looked up at him.
"What would make you think that?" she asked. Harry pointed to her plate. Her food was in the shape of a broom heading to the ground. "Ok fine. I'm nervous," she answered sighing.
"I remember my first game," Harry said pushing his own food around his plate.
"What happened?" Ashley asked excited.
Harry laughed as he remembered. "I swallowed the snitch."
Ashley laughed. "At least you caught it!" she exclaimed.
"Yea. I guess so," Harry said. "A pretty weird way to catch it."
"Don't know why you like flying so much," Jake said. "It's horrible and boring."
"Hey Earth-boy," Matt said next to him. "Just because your element is on the ground doesn't mean that we can't fly."
"Isn't your element on the ground?" Jake asked.
"It's called rain, Bear," Matt answered smiling.
"I thought that was in Ashley's department," Jake answered.
"No, I can control clouds, wind and sometimes thunder and lightning but not the rain," Ashley answered hearing them.
"Oh," Jake said. "The only one who doesn't belong on the Earth is Wolf," he said laughing. He was awarded with his scoop of mash potatoes flying into his face and a smile from Harry.
"Hey Prongs Jr." Sirius called walking up to them. "What was that for?"
"He said I didn't belong on Earth," Harry answered smiling at his Godfather. Sirius looked at his strangely. "I mean my element doesn't belong on Earth. I'm the mind remember?"
A few people down, Stacy threw down her fork. "I knew I forgot to tell them something. You're elementals!" She said angry.
"It was probably better that they didn't know just incase some Slytherins are Death Eaters," Sirius pointed out.
Suddenly Harry's head snapped up. "Malfoy!" Harry exclaimed.
"Draco?" Stacy asked.
"No, his father. His father's a Death Eater!" Harry exclaimed.
"Don't worry. I didn't see him here. If I did, I would've told Stacy to limit what she says. We can't let the Dark side know about you lot yet. I don't think Voldermort knows yet and I want to see his face when he does find out. It would be a Kodak moment as muggles might say. I just wish his face didn't have to be in it."
"Padfoot, what are you going on about now?" a voice said from behind him. He turned and saw Remus Lupin walking up to the group. "Shapeshifters huh?" he asked. "What an honor. Your father would've been proud." Harry thought about that until he asked what's been on his mind.
"Why am I a shapeshifter? Is it because of my blood line?" he asked. Stacy answered.
"When I first saw you, I told you that it was because of certain traits you have remember?" Harry nodded. "I think it's because you're all determined, confident, have a good heart, strong, loyal and more. It really has nothing to do with a family line. I don't know who chooses who to be a shapeshifter. All I do is try to find them and train them," Stacy finished. Harry slowly nodded his head.
"Professor Lupin, what are you doing here?" Harry asked changing the subject.
"Well for one thing, call me Remus and second, I heard there was protection here so I thought that I would come," Lupin replied. "Plus why would I want to miss the first game that you're the captain for?"
"He's going to get clobbered," Jake remarked before Harry and Matt elbowed him in the sides at the same time.
"You're lucky I'm not next to you," Ashley said. "You would've gotten more than just an elbow in the ribs."
"Oh really?" Jake said back. "Let's see!" Ashley stood up and made the wind blow making things fly in Jake's face. Several people looked around in confusion at the mysterious wind.
"Hey!" Stacy yelled. "No magic on each other. The swords are in my office. Use those."
Everyone looked at her in surprise before looking at each other and saying, "Ok!" at the same time. They stood and ran out of the Great Hall.
"Come on Moony," Sirius said. "This is going to be wicked to watch. They're really good." Remus looked at him as if he was crazy.
"And I thought you would be the first one to oppose the idea of having them trying to attack each other with swords. And you," he looked at Stacy. "I can't believe that you're letting them do this!"
"Don't worry about it. When the swords are not in use, I put a spell on them to make them dull. When I'm with them and the students are trained enough, I put a spell on them to make them sharp. Right now if they hit each other, they'll be lucky to draw blood. It will even be amazing if they break the clothing. Don't worry about them. I'm heading out there now." Stacy stood and led the two men out of the Hall.
They headed right to the Quidditch pitch where they saw that they had already started. Ashley was facing Jake, Matt was facing Harry, and Liz and Caroline were on the side watching. They watched as the swords met in the air making loud clashing noises. Ashley and Jake were trying hard to hit each other but each swing was blocked. Remus, Sirius and Stacy would see that both of them were panting.
A few feet away, Harry and Matt were fighting but not as desperate to hit each other. They seemed to be teaching each other new moves and improving what was wrong or weak. Eventually Ashley and Jake gave up as they threw their swords in the box. Harry and Matt followed suit and headed over to Remus, Sirius and Stacy. Caroline and Liz joined them.
They talked for a while and even made a game of Quidditch with everyone, except Jake, and played until it got dark. When it darkened, they headed back towards the tower. The students headed to the common room while the adults headed to their rooms near the teacher's quarters. They said good night and separated. Once in the common room, they talked until they got tired and went up to bed. ************************************************ Hey sorry is this looks rushed and is smaller than usual but I'm going camping till Sunday so I won't be able to type. Just be thankful that I did post 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. I'll start writing who reviews and responces next chapter! Keep on reading and reviewing!