Harry Potter and the Rising War

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Scouted and Fired!

As usual Harry was up at the crack of dawn after another restful meditation/sleep for his morning work out. He had yet to decide what he was going to do about it now that he didn't have the gym. After a few minutes of thinking Harry decided a few laps around the lake would suffice and maybe even a few laps in the lake also. He got out of bed and pulled out some running gear and a pair of swimming shorts and got changed into them and then he called Tronza down from his perch Harry had transfigured for him 'Morning boy, how about we go out for a bit of exercise?' Harry asked him. He got a few notes of phoenix song in reply and then felt him perch on his shoulder. He made for the door when he heard Ron mumble something in his sleep, he appeared to be having a bad dream because he kept tossing and turning but after everything that had happened with him recently Harry didn't care about what Ron was dreaming and left the dorm for the lake.

Not sure how far he used to run at Privit Drive Harry decided he would run until he started to get tired, then give himself a few minutes to relax before going for the swim. 5 laps of the lake later saw Harry sitting at the edge of one of the banks getting himself undressed. He put his cloths and wand in a neat pile next to where he was sitting and then slowly inched himself into the lake. It wasn't as cold as he thought it was, but it certainly wasn't swimming pool hot. He took a few minutes to get used to the temperature and then began swimming. This was a little more difficult than Harry had expected, he knew he wasn't the worlds best swimmer but this was just terrible. Finally after twenty minutes of splashing about he got the hang of it, though still not perfectly, and did his work out. When he got out of the lake he used a charm to dry himself off and put his cloths back on and made his way back up to the Gryffindor Tower after calling Tronza back to him from his exploration of the grounds. 'Hey boy, how about I take you to see Fawks this evening?' Harry asked him and again he got the phoenix song in reply and the phoenix rubbed his head with his own. Once there he took a shower and then got changed again just as all the other boys in the dorm were getting up and he went down to breakfast.

'Morning, you were up early this morning weren't you?' Ginny asked as she sat herself down next to him.

'Yeah, well I worked hard over the summer to get into shape and I'll be damned if I'm just gonna let it all go to waste' Harry said as he reached over for some bacon. 'How did you know I was up anyway?' Harry added as an after thought

'I saw you returning to the tower and figured you must have been out for a while before.' She lied, she had heard someone up and about and went to investigate, when she saw Harry she hid and waited for him to leave the common room then she perched herself at the window and watched his whole morning workout.

'Oh right, hey here are the time tables' Harry said when he looked up to see McGonagall coming down the table handing them out.

'Potter, Ms. Weasley, here are your timetables and Potter your ban on Quidditch has been lifted, your broom will be returned to you when you go to the headmaster for your extra lesson.' She said when she got to them.

'Thank you professor' Harry and Ginny chorused.

'Does that mean your back on the team then?' Ginny asked Harry. He had expected her to be upset but she didn't seem to care.

'I'll probably have to go to try-outs again. Why aren't you upset about losing your position?' Harry asked her.

'Well I always wanted to be a chaser' Ginny replied. Their conversation was stopped there so they could both look over their schedules. The first lesson for Harry was DADA and it was mixed houses for everyone who got an E or over in their OWL's and then he had charms. Harry didn't bother to look at the rest of his schedule for the day ahead of him, he wanted to see when and for how long he was with Dumbledore for. Harry saw that he had lessons with Dumbledore every evening except Thursdays and the weekend, but he had full afternoons of lessons on the weekend. In his free periods Harry had lessons also except again Thursdays where he only had normal lessons in the morning. It seemed Dumbledore had a lot to teach him, but he didn't mind. It was exciting for him to be spending so much time learning from, in his eyes the master of magic. Each evening lesson ran from after dinner until 10 at night. That was about 4 hours, plus the free periods and the weekends!

'I don't believe how much time It's going to take' Harry breathed in astonishment.

'What?' Ginny asked him looking up from her timetable.

'Look at this Gin' Harry said as he handed her the timetable. Her reaction was pretty much the same as Harry's, she was shocked.

'When are you supposed to have time for anything else?' she asked him.

'What do you mean anything else? All I have now is Quidditch and I have a feeling practice will be held on Thursdays. I don't have to worry about spending my time with friends now, all I have left is you and Neville so there will be enough time.' Harry said as he thought about all the free time he had and all the things he had to fill it. He looked up to the staff table and saw Dumbledore looking at him with the twinkle in his eyes and a smile on his face. Harry wasn't sure but he thought the old man something up his sleeve for tonight.

'Oh Harry look at the time, were going to be late.' Ginny suddenly said.

'Right, I'll see you at dinner then.' Harry said as he got up and grabbed his stuff. He just about made it in time for the class and was very glad he had got into shape this summer other wise he might not have made it on time.

'Ah Harry, nice of you to join use' Tonks said cheerfully.

'Sorry Ton… professor Tonks' Harry said getting a stern (if possible from Tonks) look from her. He seated himself next to Ernie Mcmillon, who Harry could have sworn gave him a dirty look and moved off to the side away from Harry. 'I see Ron and Hermione have been working their magic in here too' Harry thought to himself as Tonks began to call Roll.

'Okay then class, Today we will begin working on duelling curses, I know most of you will be going to the magical duelling class but you need to know some curses to duel with.' Tonks told them all. The rest of the lesson was spent with Tonks showing them a curse, its counter curse and then getting them all to try. Tonks had used Malfoy as her test 'Dummy' as she called him after he tried his usual routine with her, thinking he could get away with anything because she was young but inexperienced. How wrong he was because by the end of the class he had to go and see Madame Pomfrey due to all of the injuries he got from not listening to Tonks properly about how to block some of her curses.

The rest of the lessons seemed to fly by, and in every single one Harry breezed through the assigned work due to his new understanding of how magic worked and why it worked and his (greatly) increased magic capacity. He could tell he was getting on Hermione's nerves by doing everything before she did and he loved it. At one point she actually accused Harry of cheating because he was too stupid to be able to do it first time which had earned her 10 points from Gryffindor from McGonagall. In no time at all Harry was at the stone gargoyle that guarded the headmasters office and was trying all of the passwords he could think of. He swore that the professor did it on purpose just to see him try and get the password. In the end Harry just shouted 'Stupid Sweets' at the end of a tirade about the professors password and the gargoyle jumped out of the way and let him pass.

'Ah Harry I see you figured out the password' Dumbledore said as Harry came towards the open doors.

'Why didn't you tell me what it was, and more to the point, why stupid sweets?' Harry asked as he entered the office.

'I find it interesting to see who can guess my passwords, it says a lot about the person that can. I was about to come and collect you actually. As to why stupid sweets I found a curious shop whilst in Diagon Alley and found the sweets among others such as Ton-Tongue-Toffees' He said with a twinkle in his eyes.

'They Weasley Twins have a shop open now? That's great! I don't really need to ask the effects of the Stupid Sweet' Harry said, truly happy that the twins were doing what they dreamed to do.

'Yes it is. Now before we get down to business there is something that a friend of mine would like to discuss with you.' Dumbledore said just as the fire in his fire place turned green and a man walked out. The man was fairly tall and quite well built. He had shorts sandy brown hair a grey eyes. He had a smile on his face and Harry could tell that this man did a lot of smiling.

'Right on Queue. Harry this is Mr. Broseley, a scout for the English national Quidditch team.' Dumbledore introduced. As soon as he said English National Quidditch team Harry's heart shot right up to his throat. Obviously hi face showed some of the emotion he was feeling as both mean chuckled at him.

'Good t… to meet you, sir' Harry said shaking the mans hand.

'Harry, to get straight to the point, I am a scout for England and I have been watching you play last year, well the matches you were allowed to play in, and I have very rarely seen talent such as what you display. We would have approached you sooner but of course you were banned from ever playing Quidditch again anywhere and also you were under age, but as you are now 16 I would like to offer you a try-out with the team, and if you are good enough a spot on the starting line up.' The man explained.

'But don't you already have at least one seeker?' Harry asked.

'Yes we still have our starting seeker, but if you manage to perform better than he does then he will be the reserve and you the starting, and the other way around. Now what do you say?' Mr Broseley asked.

'Well I don't know if I will have the time…' Harry trailed off, looking to Dumbledore for his input on whether or not he would have the time.

'Yes Harry you will have plenty of time, I have already taken the liberty to clear your schedule at the appropriate times.' Dumbledore said smiling at him proudly. Harry was over whelmed with all that was going on at the moment. He never expected something like this to happen when he came to his lesson today, hell he never expected this at all.

'I'll do it!' Harry said grinning.

'Excellent, if you could come by for practice on Thursday then we can decide where you will be starting and get your contract sorted. Professor Dumbledore has already organised for someone to accompany you to the stadium.' Mr Broseley said.

'Thank you very much Mr Broseley sir.' Harry said with excitement bubbling all through his body. He couldn't keep a smile off his face he was so happy.

'No need for such formalities Harry, just call me Andrew or Drew' Drew said.

'Harry Remus Lupin will Meet you at the front entrance hall on Thursday after Dinner where you will portkey to the grounds.' Dumbledore said.

'If that is all you need to discuss Drew?' Dumbledore asked.

'That's everything thank you Professor. Harry I'll see you on Thursday. Good evening Professor, Harry' Drew said as he stepped back into the fire place and flewed back to his office at the national stadium.

'Congratulations are in order I think Harry.' Dumbledore said as he sat behind his desk.

'Thank you sir, and thank you for organising all of this.' Harry said to him, knowing the professor had a hand in the whole thing.

'I am merely looking out for my countries Quidditch team Harry' Dumbledore replied with a smile. 'Now onto tonight's session. I believe it would be a good idea to start with the fire mage transformation. Professor Snape has prepared the potion and all it needs now to complete is your blood.' Dumbledore told him getting straight to the point. He pulled a goblet of steaming potion from his desk drawer and took off the charm that prevented it from spilling and handed it to Harry.

'It might be a good idea if you moved to that corner of the office set aside in case the transformation involves any fire, which I think it may well do.' The headmaster said as Harry cut a little pin hole in his finger and dripped the blood into the potion. Harry got up from his seat and moved to the corner of the room. Taking one last look to the professor Harry gulped the potion in one mouthful and swallowed. Unlike the animagus potion Harry had prepared this one did not taste at all nice or even close to tasteful. Harry suspected Snape added ingredients to make it taste worse than it actually was but he didn't have time to mull things over as the potion began to work its magic. Harry could feel it running though his veins, he could feel it moulding and shaping some o his magical core, he could feel the fire inside of him begin to ignite and in one explosion Harry's entire body was engulfed in flames. At first it was one of the most painful things he had experienced in his life but the pain quickly dulled and then vanished leaving a warmth and calmness within himself. A few seconds later and the fire vanished and Harry was left gasping as his body readjusted to the new magic within him.

'Harry, are you okay?' Dumbledore asked as he approached Harry.

'I'll be fine in a moment or two' Harry said as he let the professor guide him to a chair.

'I would say that was a success, wouldn't you?' Dumbledore asked remarked.

'A painful one I would say. What happens now?' Harry asked him.

'Well I don't have any experience with elemental training, I dare say you know more about it than me, so we shall follow what the book says. Now what about this computer that you asked me about yesterday?' Dumbledore said. Harry got the laptop out of his bag, he had taken to carrying it around where ever he went due to the nature of the information held on it. He couldn't very well have Hermione finding it and then going through all of his stuff. Once everything was loaded Harry swivelled the computer around to face Dumbledore and then moved around the desk and began showing him what was on it and how things worked. After about 2 hours Dumbledore seemed to have grasped the concept of everything and had a basic understanding of what Harry knew.

'This is all very impressive Harry, you seemed to have surpassed my expectations of what you would find for yourself. I think now we shall divide the schedule up to specific subjects and then work on your elemental training until it is time for you to retire to your dormitory. Every evening we shall work on elemental training, every free period you have we shall work on advanced spells that are not taught here for the first half of the week and the second we shall work on wandless magic. When you begin to get more powerful with wandless magic when you learn a spell you shall first learn it without your wand. At the weekends we shall work on anything you feel we should after 2 hours of Occulmency. How does that sound to you?' the headmaster said.

'That sounds fine sir, but what about homework?' Harry asked him a little worried now that he wouldn't have the time for it.

'You shall bring it here with you and I will help you with it and teach you a little more on the subject before the lessons with me begin. As the year progresses I will teach you other subjects and you will no longer need to have a large amount of time to do your homework.' The professor said.

'In that case I think the timetable is perfect. I have another question. Can you do wandless magic?' Harry asked

'Yes I can, however not as in depth as you will be able to do, I acquired the ability a different way and as a result it limits what I can do, but the concept and theory behind using it is the same so we should have no trouble there. And yes before you ask Tom Riddle also has the same ability as me but his is a little more powerful.' Dumbledore answered him.

They spent the rest of the night working with candles; Harry would create a flam in his hand and then send it from candle to candle. It had taken a while for Harry to find how to conjure up the flame and when he did his whole body was ignited but after several more attempts he had got the flame in his hand as requested with the help of Dumbledore. Despite not being an elemental himself the old man seemed to understand the process better than Harry had thought. Moving the flame was very easy, he just had to guide it and manipulate it with his mind. Once he had achieved his goal Harry wrote some notes up on his laptop while Dumbledore wrote them up the old fashioned way as Harry called it and then they bid each other good night.

Instead of going straight to the dorm however Harry found an empty classroom and then took out his laptop and located the research he had been doing for his senses. Unfortunately the charms would take up to a week to work for some of them, but he didn't mind. The first spell he used was one to correct his vision, the wand movements for the spell were extremely complicated and Harry had to use a reversed 'protego' spell he had created for the process. Harry point his wand up and moved it in the pattern for the 'protego' spell but did them backwards resulting in a backwards spell that rebounded any magic Harry sent towards it. Next Harry chanted 'Absens ab Atella caesius' whilst weaving magic with his wand as directed and then shot the spell at the shield charm which rebounded at Harry. His sight left him for a brief few moments in which Harry began to panic but when it came back the world was blurry.

'Have I don't something wrong? I couldn't have. Maybe the shield charm did something? What is it…' Harry babbled to himself until he realised what it was. He was still wearing his glasses. Feeling very stupid with himself Harry took them off and then looked around the room. He had perfect sight, even better than perfect. Harry gave himself a mental pat on the back for his good work and then began reading up on the sense heightening spells. He had decided to leave taste because he didn't really think that would come in useful at all. Picking up his wand again Harry began weaving the magic as he chanted 'Absens meliuscule' and again the spell rebounded onto himself and he could feel again his magic being altered slightly. He tried it out and willed his eyes to see in the dark and they did, perfectly. Feeling more confident Harry weaved the magic for each of the other spells and chanted off 'Adoleo cessi', 'Accipio amplus' and 'Ceptum ferum' for his sense of smell, hearing and feeling. Each spell worked perfectly and when Harry willed the senses to be heightened they were. The final task was the magical sight. The book told him that he would feel a tingling around his eyes for about a day before he would be able to use it. Harry took out of his back the equipment he would need for this transformation. Two candles (which he lit with his elemental fire) placed in front of him so he had one eye on each, some black chalk which he used to draw some symbols on the floor (he had no idea what they meant) and then sat in the centre facing the candles. He sat and stared at them until his mind was empty and he was seeing nothing but the candles. Then he began to chant 'Absens magicus abtellus' over and over. He didn't need a wand for this form of magic due to the symbols on the ground. He only had to do the transformation in a place of high magic concentration so it could draw the magic to Harry and perform the necessary transformations. After a few minutes of chanting his eyes again stopped seeing, but instead of everything going black it went white. This lasted longer than the sight correction spell but Harry kept on chanting as the notes he took on the spell had mentioned that this would happen and that the person would have to keep chanting. A few more minutes passed in total blindness and then in a climax of magical energy his sight returned and his face began to tingle. Harry got up from his sitting position and collected the fire to him and dismissed it into nothing, then he put the candles back into his bag and was about to rub out the black chalk when he noticed it was already gone. Shrugging his shoulders Harry walked over to his laptop and began typing up the notes on the spells he had used and what had happened. Satisfied with the way things went Harry packed the rest of his things away and then willed himself to see in the dark and left the room. It wasn't long before he made his way back to Gryffindor Tower and was surprised to see Neville was still awake.

'What are you still doing up Nev?' Harry asked him as he sat down on the chair next to Neville's.

'You said you would show me that… well that what ever it is today. I tried getting to sleep but I was really curious and… are you okay?' Neville started saying and then trailed off and asked when he noticed Harry kept rubbing his eyes. He then noticed for the first time that Harry wasn't wearing his glasses.

'I'm fine, I just urm… I just used a spell to fix my eyes and its left them a little itchy.' Harry lied smoothly. In truth the tingly feeling was itching but also he had forgot to remove the enhanced sight and when he opened the portrait hole his eyes began to sting from all of the light. 'Now anyway, the laptop…' Harry started saying as he pulled it out of his bag. He spent the best part of an hour explaining to Neville what it could do, how it did it and what he could use it for. Neville seemed really interested in it for some reason but Harry didn't know why. He guessed it might have something to do with all of the mistakes that he made when using parchment and ink. After he had finished explaining about the laptop they both went up to their dorm and Neville settled in for sleep but Harry still had a few more hours left before he would need sleep got out his books and carried on research and practicing spells whilst listening to the cd he had made himself once he figured out how to do it.

The next morning was spent the same way as the previous, ignoring Ron and Hermione's overloud comments and everyone else's dirty looks. It was just before he was going to leave for breakfast that Ron stood up and made an announcement.

'Everyone interested in trying out for the Quidditch team should meet after dinner tonight at the pitch. The positions available are all of the chaser slots and the beater as only myself and my sister are left on the team as keeper and Seeker. Thank you.' Harry knew that Ron was trying to make him pissed off but it wasn't working because Harry had more than the Gryffindor team now so he just smiled at Ron and left for breakfast, during which Ginny apologised to him saying she didn't know Ron was going to do that, but Harry just told her he was happy with the way things worked out and that she would know why sooner or later. She also asked him about the lack of his glasses and he explained he had done a spell on his eyes last night.

The first lesson after breakfast was potions and Harry was happy to see that Ron wasn't there, but was unhappy to see Hermione was and even worse, Malfoy. When Snape entered the first thing he noticed were Harry and Hermione sitting as far away from each other as possible.

'Well well well, the famous Harry potter has lost his fan club, maybe now, however doubtful it is, you might start to produce some quality potions' he sneered before starting the lesson on advanced poisons. Luckily it was only a theory lesson so Snape didn't have too much to use against Harry. After potions Harry had a session with Dumbledore working on advanced spells which he was looking forward. The first half of the lesson Dumbledore outlined the spells that he would teach, their uses in a duel or their overall usefulness and other information which Harry took notes on with his laptop. The second half of the lesson was spent trying to master the first spell. It was one that was similar to what Dumbledore had used on the statue at the ministry at the end of last year. He had to make an inanimate object animated and controlled. It was harder than Harry thought it would be and took a lot of focus to get right, but by the end of the lesson he was beginning to get the hang of it.

'You are doing very well Harry, you seem to pick things up a lot quicker than a normal person, I'm not sure if it is your magic's doing or something you have done to yourself but if we keep this level of work up you should become a very accomplished dueller and I should think compare to many of the top aurors at the ministry.' Dumbledore had commented. Harry left the session feeling a little tired but fully happy with himself. The rest of the day after that however seemed to go down hill. At dinner Harry noticed half of the Gryffindors were missing and was about to go and see why when they all came in and headed straight for him. As expected Ron and Hermione were leading the mob of students and they were carrying some books, his books.

'What do you think you're doing with my books?' Harry asked when they arrived at his place at the table. By now they had drawn the attention of all of the other students in the hall and even the professors.

'Looks like you forgot to tidy up after yourself last night, after you finished your studies on the dark arts!' Hermione said.

'So what?' Harry asked and then realised what he had just said as he damned his blind rage.

'So you have been studying the dark arts, I bet you've teamed up with You-know-who. You lead us all to the ministry to die that night didn't you only we were better at defending ourselves than you thought. You lead Sirius to his death. Your no better than you-know-who himself, Death Eater!' Ron said. His statement drew a lot of gasps from the audience but Harry didn't care his anger was urging him to do something to Ron and eventually Harry gave up fighting it. Before Ron knew what was happening Harry had jumped at him and pulled him to the floor. He sat on top of Ron and started swinging at his face. The first shot succeeded in breaking his nose with a very audible crack. The second split his lip and the third made his eye begin to swell up. Harry was about to swing at him again, ignoring the shouts of the professors when a sudden rush went through his head and the tingling around his eyes stopped. Harry looked around the room in confusion for a second before he realised what was happening, the spell he cast last night was kicking in and his rage must have activated it. Testing his theory Harry looked up at the ceiling and he could see the spells used to enchant it, he couldn't make out what they were but could see swirls of colours around it and on it. The break in blows to Ron was all he need to gain the upper hand on Harry and he was just about to swing for him when Harry looked back at him and he stopped himself and gasped. Harry's eyes were completely emerald green and had a slight glow to them. At the same time Ron gasped Harry gasped as well. Looking at Ron now he could see a black cloud of magic clouding his head. He looked up and found Hermione and she had the same black cloud around her head. Hermione also gasped when she saw Harry's eyes as well as most of the crowd gathered. Before Harry could do anything about it however he felt someone tugging him up and twirl him around to face them.

'What is the meaning of this barbaric behaviour Potter, this is…' Snape began with a disgusted look on his face until Harry looked up from Snape's arm where the dark mark was to his face.

'What is wrong with your eyes Potter' he asked.

'I need to speak to professor Dumbledore' was all Harry said.

'Bring him to my office please Severus and also Mr Weasley and Ms Granger. I believe all three of them have some explaining to do.

When they all arrived in the office Snape began his tirade about the disgraceful behaviour and lack of respect for school rules and how Harry should be expelled. He only stopped when Dumbledore raised his voice.

'Please Severus I would like to hear what Harry has to say for himself and also Mr Weasley and Ms Granger, now Harry please explain about you eyes.'

'Well last night after your lesson sir I sort of tried out a few spells, I corrected my vision and performed a spell to enhance my senses at will, after that I did a spell that allowed me to see magic enchantments and just general wild magic at will. The spell didn't kick in until just now.' Harry told him.

'You see headmaster, he was told to go straight to his dorm but he decided to perform unautherized spells on himself.' Snape said trying to sway the headmaster.

'Severus if I hear another word about this before the end of this discussion I will have to ask you to leave, is that clear?' Dumbledore said using his teachers voice. Harry found it amusing that Snape was being told off and actually acted like a student.

'Harry tell me how you performed the spell on yourself without the use of a magical reflecting mirror?' Dumbledore asked, truly intrigued with Harry's methods.

'Well sir I performed a shield charm backwards and shot the spell at it, and it rebounded onto me.' Harry said.

'Ingenious, very clever indeed.' Was all Dumbledore said, but Ron muttered 'Suck up' under his breath. Obviously Dumbledore heard as he then looked at Ron and said. 'Now you two, please tell me why you have been going through a students belongings and have been spreading false information about Harry.' Dumbledore asked in a more serious tone.

'It's not false, he is a dark wizard, if not a death eater and he tried to lead us all to our deaths, the type of books he has says it all' Hermione said but before Dumbledore could comment Harry butted in.

'Actually professor I could tell you the real reason.' Harry began but was interrupted by Ron.

'He's just going to try and worm his way out of trouble like he always does pro…' Ron whined but was silenced when Dumbledore looked at him sternly and then said in a very powerful voice 'Silence'

'As I was saying professor I know why they have been acting so differently towards me, you see when I was… attacking Ron my sight changed as you know, I looked to the enchanted ceiling to see if it was the spell I used and when I looked to Ron he had a black cloud of magic around his head and also Hermione did. When professor Snape grabbed me he had a cloud of black magic around his arm where the mark is, so I think Ron and Hermione are under the imperius curse.' Harry explained to them. As he finished understanding was shown on Dumbledore's face, but confusion on Snape's.

'Why would the dark lord want those two under the imperius curse, and more to the point why would he only make them be horrible to you Potter?' Snape asked. It was Dumbledore who answered. 'Because if they were to be horrible to Harry at a time where he is very vulnerable from the death of his god-father then he would become an emotional mess and it would make things easier for Voldemort to poses him. His plan didn't work out because he didn't plan on Ms Weasley or Mr Longbottom to show their support.' He said then turned to Ron and Hermione and muttered under his breath a few choice words and immediately their faces softened and Hermione began crying.

'What happened?' Ron asked, looking around at all the people in the room and then added 'And why does my face bloody hurt like hell?'

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A/N: well that's it for another chapter. You now know the truth behind Ron and Hermione and you all got to see some Ron bashing :D thanks for reviewing all you guys  (athenakitty, Silnar, rhinemjr, tenshi26, nefertiri riddle, lassy, ariana Dumbledore, linky2, MaidenMasherV, phoenix friend, lonkire) who has reviewed! I never expected all of the reviews but its great motivation so give your selves a good pat on the back because this story is being inspired by you all!!!

I would like to say a special well done to Silnar who guessed the reason correctly for Ron and Hermione being such prats.

To Nefertiri Riddle, you obviously have very good taste, they are my favourite couple too and I hope that J K will get them together.

Lassy hope the Ron bashing was satisfactory for you and the idea about the swimming was great, all though it will be a few chapters yet as most people hate Harry at the moment for being a dark wizard and murderer.

Next chapter: Tryouts begin! And Snape

Until next time.

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