A Transition

Come Tuesday morning, all of Hogwarts was talking about the new addition to the quidditch games. A few Hufflepuffs were talking while entering the hall, "I use to be a cheerleader before I came to Hogwarts."

"Oh what do they do exactly?"

"Well they.."

Over on the Gryffindor side of the room Ron was bothering Icicle who had just gotten back from orchestra, "So what are your plans Miss Captain? I heard that you are not only in charge of the Gryffindors but you also have to help the other teams with their routines."

Icicle popped a few pills and rubbed her temples, "Leave me alone unless you want this spoon shoved up your ass sideways."

Harry and Ron looked concerned, "Visions?"

Icicle just laid her head on the table and nodded. Hermione pushed a strand of hair off Icicle's face, and poured Icicle a glass of orange juice, "We should be going. Today we start reviewing for our OWLS."

Ron forced a smile on his face, "Joy."

As everyone started filing out hundreds of monkeys in hats, jackets and carrying cups ran in and adopted a person. Out of corner of his eye, Harry saw Fudge clench his fist and storm off in furry with his own monkey following asking for money with his cup. Harry raised an eyebrow at Icicle who looked please with herself as she filled a thermos with orange juice and followed Hermione out to class. Harry looked down at his monkey and motioned for him to follow. In class, McGonagall seemed annoyed by the monkeys but she had long stopped commenting on Icicle's tricks. The whole class was spent reviewing material covered through out the year. Harry jotted a few notes here and there but the lecture bored him. Ever since the power surge everything had come to him a lot easier. Sure at first he had had trouble controlling spells and had to have a few sessions from Icicle and some of the faculty but everything was running smoothly now.  Charms was spent in a similar fashion for most of the class except that last 30 minutes. Professor Flitwick jumped off his box and walked over to a stack of books, "Class since the year is more then halfway over and you will have to take your OWLS this year, I am not going to give out anymore test." The class broke out in applause, "But you are each going to have to do some research and find one charm that is 6th year level or above and perform this Charm for me two weeks after Easter Break. I am giving you the rest of class to start researching."

The class piled to the front of the room grabbing a book and heading back. Harry was one of the last students to get his book and was stuck with a particularly nasty looking one as were all his friends since they too had waited too long to claim a book. Hermione looked excited at the challenge, Icicle looked tired and Ron was complaining under his breath. After a while Icicle handed Hermione the book she was looking through, "That is the spell you should learn."

Hermione looked it over and shook her head, "It's too hard, half the directions are in some other language that I can't recognize."

"You are always looking for a challenge and this would be a challenge that will help us in the near future."

Harry looked at Icicle, "Did you see something?"

"I have seen lots of stuff today. Just stop and think about it logically. Voldemort is back and he hasn't attacked since the whole Land of Dreams that Be thing so…."

Ron's eye's grew wide "You Know Who is planning an attack. Only a massive attack requires months and months of preparation… Oh God he is going to slaughter us."

"He'll try, like usual. That is why it would be best for Hermione to pick up this spell."

Hermione was pale, "So what language is this spell in?"

Icicle smirked, "It's Greek to me."

The bell rang and the students and monkeys headed to lunch and then to their last class, Herbology. Today they were replanting several different types of plants. Professor Sprout called it a practical review that forced them to remember how to deal with the plants. The whole class was working quit successfully with only a few minor problems with the same plant killers. Class ended and as the bell rang all the monkeys combusted. A lot of the male population started laughing while the female half cried over the ashes of their monkey. "How could you charm all of them to kill themselves at the end of the day?" Angelina asked Icicle.

"They weren't real monkeys; just transfigured fire crackers."

Later that day Harry sat up all alone in the common room finishing his homework since he had practice tomorrow for the upcoming quidditch game, Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff. At about 12 o'clock Harry packed up his belonging, walked into his dorm, put on his pajamas, took off his glasses and crawled into bed.

Only a few minutes later Harry felt someone poking him. Reaching for his glasses he saw that it was Icicle, "What are you doing here? It's uggg …….12:30"

"Harry, do you remember when we met Sirius's girlfriend, Krystal Moorhead and how I didn't like her?"

Harry nodded understanding parts of the conversation. He had totally forgotten about her.

"Well my last vision I had today was of a death eater meeting. She was there Harry. She is a death eater."

What?!?! thought Harry as he sat up in a rush, "Are you sure? Should we alert Sirius and tell him what she is?"

"I am sure that she is a death eater and I sent a letter to Remus before I came up here. Sirius was really attached Krystal at Christmas and he is also really stubborn. If anyone could get some sense into Sirius it would be Remus; especially since we are suck here."

"I don't want to just sit around and wait for an answer."

"Well we don't have a choice. With Fudge acting as Headmaster there is no way that we are going to be able to get out of the castle with out getting totally killed for it. Just go back to sleep and leave it to Remus."

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It was now Easter Break and most of the students had gone home and the daily pranks had stopped for the week. There had been no response from Remus or Sirius but Harry didn't have time to worry over anything since he was buried in quidditch practices and assignments. As a whole, the only students that remained over the holidays were the Hufflepuff and Gryffindor quidditch and cheer teams since the last match was to be held the Saturday after school starts.

"Anel! Watch out!"

The small brunette turned to see the bugler flying at her and ducked just in time, "I know, I know always pay attention when you are in the sky!"

Harry flew up next to her, "You were almost clobbered again for the 5th time today. Do you actually have to get hit before you start to watch out for them?" Out of the corner of Harry's eye he saw a bugler heading towards him and he ducked allowing the ball to skid by Anel's ear, "Six times you have almost gotten hit by a bugler today."

Angelina blew her whistle, "Reserve players you can hit the showers; main team let's gear up for some serious practicing."

Anel put on a motherly face, "Watch out for those buglers Harry."

For the next 2 hours the team ran drills, practiced some of their new tactics, and worked on their stamina. It was now 1 o'clock and time for the Hufflepuff team to come out and practice. All week the Gryffindor team had the field in the morning and the Hufflepuff's had theirs in the afternoon so it was time to end practice. The whole Gryffindor team was walking inside and were planning on raiding the kitchens when they heard some music playing from an empty class room. Fred cracked open the door and the whole team gathered around. About 8 Hufflepuff girls were in the room practicing a routine while Icicle watched and Hermione sat doing some homework. The poor girls looked exhausted, were running into each other and not looking the least bit graceful. After the 10 collision Icicle turned off the music, "We have had enough today. You all look tired so and rest, eat and go over what you have learnt today in your heads. I'll see you tomorrow at the same time."

As the girls filed out of the room the quidditch team entered, "So how is the cheer thing going?" asked George.

Icicle raised an eyebrow, "I have an enormous head ache, the Hufflepuff team needs a lot of work and may be hopeless but the Gryffindors are coming along. But I swear if I have to put up with Pavarti and Lavender's normal I am a goddess act or I have to watch anymore cheer video's and competitions I will go postal."

Angelina walked over to Icicle and picked her up off the ground where she sat, "It's really tough for us leaders sometimes isn't? Especially when your team is hopeless."

Hermione let out a snort.

"Hey!" shouted the team indignantly.

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It was towards the end of the week and all of the Gryffindors were in the common room working on the homework that they had put off until these last few days. Ron had just finished his potions essay, "Hermione what other assignments do we have?"

"Well have you found and worked out that charm for Charms or prepared your final presentation for the my story project?"

"No and no. What are we suppose to include in the presentation?"

"It is to be 10 minutes long and you are suppose to express what this whole unit has taught you."

"Ugg, I don't know what I have learnt!"

Harry looked up from the charms book he was looking at, "Well this is what Professor Figg told me to think about. Think back to the beginning of the year and how you viewed certain topics, and compare them to what you believe now. Start with basic things like what do you think it takes to be a good human being."

Ron sat there lost in thought and Harry wished that it was that easy for him. He had no idea what to say for the final project even after thinking over what he learnt this year. Oh well I will ponder about that one later, thought Harry as Hedwig flew into the room carrying a letter.

Harry,

It's Remus and I am just writing to check up on you and update you on some situations. So how is everyone handling Fudge and his antics? Well I bet that you want to know that I talked to Snuffles, but he isn't seeing the light yet. I don't think I will give up on him quite yet. I have also talked to Fudge and despite all the problems that a certain friend has been causing he is allowing my dog and I to come and watch the quidditch final. Play well and I'll see you then.

Remus

Harry folded the letter and placed it into his pocket. "Well what does it say?" asked Icicle.

"Remus is coming to watch the quidditch match."

"Are you joking?" asked the twins at the same time.

"Of course not he is even bringing Snuffles."

Fred and George started dancing around the room. "What's wrong with them?" asked Aggy.

"Remus is one of their idols."

"Herms, aren't you happy?" asked George.

Hermione was beat red, "And the humiliation of just having to cheer for the school wasn't enough. Those two just had to show up too didn't they?"

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