Harry Potter & the Honeychurch Institute of Magic
By Darkmoore
Harry opened the envelope to see the birth announcement of Bill & Fleur Weasley's first child, a son named Armand Arthur Weasley.
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Chapter Seventeen: The New Term Starts
The last week of the holiday pass in a blur of fun and excitement, after a very somber funeral for Jude Larson that is, as Harry and the boys went sledding, had snowball fights and flew their brooms around the pitch. Also during this week, Harry sent Hedwig with letters to various Weasley clan members, but especially to Bill and Fleur congratulating them on the birth of their son, Armand.
"Armand," Harry mused to himself after Hedwig had left, "Oh Bill how I envy you, you have a son and you'll be a great dad too." Then he paused and thought, 'I'm not sure I would even know where to begin.'
Shortly after he sent off his faithful owl, two young boys, found him and once again there was fun to found in the snow.
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On the last day of the holiday the train carrying all the students was due to return to Honeychurch Station and all the carriages had been dispatched down the cobblestone way to meet them and bring them all home. The Returning Feast was not a grand celebration, but always a great meal intended to make everyone feel welcome before the new term began. So the house elves were working very hard to make it a special meal for the students.
Harry, however, had several very important last minute projects to complete before the students arrived. Together, he and Dobby began to create another, partial map of the castle. This map only included the secret passage, the corridor leading to the south tower and the common room of Brutus House. It didn't take them very long to make this map, since it only covered a small area. When it was complete, Harry used a permanent sticking charm and attached it to the wall on the inside of the entrance to the passage. He only finished just in time to make it to the dining hall as the students were coming in for the Returning Feast. Very satisfied with himself, Harry relaxed and enjoyed himself and engaged Vesta and Fitzy in conversation about their holidays.
"So Fitzy what did Santa Claus bring you for Christmas this year?"
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On Monday morning Harry awoke feeling fresh and ready to put his latest scheme into action. He showered and dressed and went down to morning breakfast. As he ate and talked with his fellow teachers, Harry spotted Mr. Stahl and Mr. Gerard coming into the dining hall and sat at the table to also have something to eat.
After he had finished eating, Harry started to make his way to his office, but stopped by the two young men and he politely asked, "Good morning gentlemen, I was wondering if you two would do me a small favor today."
"Of course Professor, what do you need?" asked Mr. Stahl.
"Can the two of you," Harry said while pointing at both Mr. Stahl and Mr. Gerard, "stay after class this afternoon and help me with a small project I have going? It shouldn't to long to complete, I've been working on since yesterday and it's almost finished."
Both young men agreed and then Harry was off to his office.
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When class begun, Harry started out like he would have for any Monday morning by starting with the fifth years and began with a lecture for their O.W.L. revisions and then assigned them a four foot essay covering everything they learned form last term. Collectively they groaned, however, he took pity on them and after an hour he dismissed them and suggested going to the library before all the books were checked out that they might need.
Harry chuckled to himself as he remembered those days of endless revision and checked his map just in case the six of them decided to not take advantage of the time he offered to them. Luckily for them they were in the library not too long after they were dismissed.
Later that morning he also lectured the fourth years on the unforgivable curses. He wasn't sure if he scared them half out of their minds or not, but it was a thorough lecture and one he really didn't want to repeat anytime soon. For the first assignment of the term, he wanted an essay about the first curse on the list, the Imperius Curse and how to defend against it. Needless to say that by lunch time Professor Harry Potter was not too popular, but deep down the students still liked him.
"Harry?" Fitzy said as he sat down to have his lunch, "How much homework have you assigned the students today?
"Oh, not that much, no more than I was when I was there age. Why do you ask?" asked Harry with amusement.
"Why do I ask? You're giving them hand cramps on the first day. I thought you were going to stop doing that? She said with a half smile.
"Oh I did, but they've not done a thing for the past three weeks and I wanted to get their juices flowing again. Get their minds prepared for their upcoming examination. I will not have one of those students not doing well on their O.W.L.'s and their N.E.W.T.'s if I can help it." said Harry with conviction.
"I couldn't agree with you more Harry." Vesta said as took a seat on his other side. "I myself have already planned out what I'm going to pound into the heads of my fifth years after lunch is over."
Fitzy kept looking back and forth between the two of them and said, "You two are just mean."
"We may be mean, but they'll do well on our exams." the Potions Mistress said and then attacked her plate of food.
The rest of the lunch period itself went without incident and Harry never once assigned anyone homework. The students were pleased.
After lunch, however, was the double period with the sixth and seventh years and that was the class that Harry had not been looking forward to for the most the day. After the class had taken their seats and bell to begin afternoon classes had rung Harry began to lecture them on the Unforgivable Curses, just as he had with the fourth years earlier that day. However, this lecture came with a demonstration, which was the one part of his job Harry hated the most and had tried to get out of it, but the Headmistress had insisted that it was something they all needed to know about.
He took out a small cage with three rats in it, one white and two gray. Rats were the only creature Harry could ever bring himself to harm. Probably had something to do with Wormtail, but that was a therapy session for another day. Harry took out the white rat and placed it on the table he had conjured for this purpose and raised his wand at it and said, "Imperio." The first rat began to jump and dance around and did whatever Harry had mentally instructed it to do, causing many in the room to laugh.
"Do you all find that funny?" Harry asked a bit on the cold side. "If a dark wizard had cast that curse, then this could be you up here on display for another's pleasure." The students stopped laughing as Harry ended the curse and placed the first rat in another cage.
"However, the Imperius Curse can be blocked. It takes great will power and control over your own mind, but you can overcome the effects of that curse. It is the only one of the three that can be fought off."
With a very somber look on his face Harry began his lecture on the second Unforgivable Curse, and when he had finished he turned and took out one of the gray rats, placed it on the table, pointed his wand at it and said, "Crucio."
The sounds that came out of the rat were indescribable. The amount of torture the rat must have been feeling that seemed to be unending was horrible to the students. The sixth year, Francis Byrd, known as Flower to her friends ran to the waste can and threw up as Audrey Simmons screamed at Harry to stop.
Harry looked at Flower and sympathized with her. He wanted to throw up also, but gently picked the rat up and placed it with the white one in the other cage. Harry couldn't look at the class for a few moments; he was too busy remembering going through that himself.
"I pray to whatever gods can hear me today, that not a single one of you in this class room every have to know what that feels like." He said with a slightly shaking voice and continued, "it is the most horrid feeling in the world and there is nothing you can do to stop it. All you can do is pray it ends quickly or that you die quickly from it."
The third rat seemed to sense something bad was going to happen to it and tried to not get caught by the teacher who was using them for this demonstration. However, Harry did catch it and it to was placed on the table.
"The third and final of the three is the killing curse. Nothing can stop it. Nothing can save you. Only one person in recorded history has ever survived it, only one."
"Who was that Professor?" asked a very stunned Winnie Dodd.
"That would be me."
"Oh…" she replied.
"I never want to hear of any of you, ever doing what I'm about to do. Using any of these curses outside of strict Ministry controlled situations means an instant lifetime sentence in Azkaban or worse. You might be kissed by a Dementor."
He turned to the rat that had been trying to escape and cast the killing curse on it, "Avada Kedevra." The rat fell dead. No one in the room made a sound.
Then Harry said in a quite voice, "There are days it isn't worth getting out of bed, why don't we take a break for a little while." Then he went to his office door and left the room.
In his office Harry sat at his desk, placed his face in his hands and tried his best not to remember.
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Dobby, who knew already what today's lecture would cover, had been watching the whole time and when his Harry went into his office he took the time and cleared the rats and the table away and shooed the students into the hallway for them to have a break. Then he made sure everything in the classroom was prepared for when Harry returned to it.
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When Harry emerged from his office a short time later he abruptly changed the subject of that days lesson and had them review their Patronuses. However, after witnessing that lecture, no one really had the inclination to dig up any happy memories to conjure them with, but they tried. Everyone seemed to realize that no matter how hard that lesson had been on them, it was probably harder on their teacher.
Some time later after the double period ends, Harry had tried his best to get into a better mood, holds Mr. Stahl and Mr. Gerard back as the rest of the class leaves the room. When all of their classmates are gone, he turns to them and asks…
"Gentlemen," Harry began, "I was wondering if you two could tell me the truth about something." The two young men looked at each other confused, he continued, "Are you two in love with one another?"
Mr. Gerard looked like he was about to have a stroke, while Mr. Stahl calmly looked at Harry and said, "I'm very much in love with him, yes sir."
Then Mr. Gerard turned and looked at his boyfriend and said "Really Chet?" to which Mr. Stahl nodded.
"Excellent answers gentlemen." Harry said while clapping his hands together, "Now I understand that Professor Proctor may have a bit of a dislike for men such as yourselves and I wanted to help you out in that area." The two young men looked at Harry with confusion.
"If you'd be so kind as to follow me, I think you'll understand." Harry said with a smile.
Harry leads the two out of his class room, down the stairs and towards the entrance to Brutus House in the south tower. They almost reach the statue of Brutus Honeychurch, the guardian of the entrance of the tower common room when Harry stops them, takes his wand out and taps the wall in a certain spot and says, "Cupid's Arrow."
A hidden door in the walls opens to reveal a secret passage that leads down small spiral stairs to a secret room under the tower in the dungeons. Harry then explains, "These rooms were the original quarters of the head of house of Brutus House. However, when the practice of house heads fell out of favor to class sponsors these rooms had been abandoned and were completely forgotten. I only found them myself over the Christmas holidays and thought you two might like to make use of them."
Mr. Stahl surveyed the room and definitely saw possibilities, but Mr. Gerard was a bit more wary of the gift and said, "Are you really giving us a place to … well … you know?"
"Merlin I hope so." Mr. Stahl said with distinction causing Harry to laugh.
Before Mr. Gerard could continue, Harry stopped him, "Mr. Gerard, are you of legal sexual age?"
"Yes sir."
"Does the man you love have that same legal status?" Harry asked continuing on this thread.
"Well, yes sir."
"Well then, it doesn't matter what anyone else in the world thinks then now does it? Including me. I'm not telling you to do anything against your better judgment. I'm now telling you or Mr. Stahl you have to even use this room or return to it ever again. What I am saying is this is here if you have a need for it. Only the three of us know about this room and I have no intention or need to return to it again and whatever you do with it is your business. Wouldn't you agree with that Mr. Stahl?" Harry said
"YES SIR!" Mr. Stahl said enthusiastically.
"Well then I'll leave you to it." Said Harry and started to walk back up the steps, but stopped, turned and said, "Oh by the way, there is a piece of parchment that I've created that's been permanently attached to the wall by the exit. Just tap your wands to it and say 'I solemnly swear I want to get away with it' and it will reveal a map of the surrounding corridors so that no one sees you leaving this room."
Then Harry went up the stairs, exited the passage and went about his day leaving the two young men alone.
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After giving the two young men their chance at love, Harry had hoped he had evened the scales for he had done to those rats in class today. Perhaps providing a chance to love and to live would get him by causing pain and death once more.
He had barely held it together while he took the boys to that room and now he was sitting in his sitting room in this quarters having a private supper which Dobby had provided to him and then read a good book for awhile by the fire as Sirius and Dobby watched him in case he needed something or just needed to talk.
Then after a very long day, Harry goes to bed and hopefully he wouldn't dream.
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He was standing in his class room teaching his pupils, the day is bright and the air is warm and he is happy to be lecturing them on something they need to know for their upcoming exams. Then she walks in looking more beautiful than he had ever known a woman to look and lust and passion consume him at the sight of her. Suddenly they are alone in the class room and he is standing there naked before her. Harry walks to her picks her up and carries this enchanting creature to his desk that he clears the top of with a sweep of his arm and he slowly begins to undress her. He longs for her, he desires her, and he wants to touch her, to kiss her, to … well know where this is going. His breath becomes ragged and his skin a bit clammy as he wants this woman under him on his desk in his class room and then as he has her robes undone and he is about to take her…
Harry wakes up abruptly and sits up in his bed alone in his quarters, panting and out of breath. Slowly it dawns on him what has just happened and he pulls the covers of his bed back and pulls the elastic waist band of his Muggle boxers and says to himself, "Damn it, I'm too old for this." and grabs his wand and does a quick cleaning spell.
To Be Continued…
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Author's Note: To everyone who reviewed, thanks again...
I don't know about you, but this chapter have me a splitting head ache. :)
athenakitty wrote Klump's going to be reading a few things? How will Jude take to the idea of being freed? Who's next on the baby parade? Will Harry finally get his girl? Will Rita's secret be known?
Answer - Athena, what are you talking about? I was home sick with cold, so I maybe off kilter also. Jude Larson moved on to where ever people go when the die. He's gone. Edwina is looking up his dates of birth and death for the marker. Baby parade? Is someone pregnant? Did someone forget their Prophilaxis Potion? tee hee
TuxedoMac wrote well I see that now about the whole age thing but it was one of those things you never knew about. this chaptor was a wonderful one with the way the ghost was so happy. that gave it a nice touch of happyness. I was wonding if somthings going to happen with them trying to close the school or somthing. any how just got to say i enjoyed this chaptor alot.
Answer - You know I never tell my secrets before they happen. :)
The Libran Iniquity wrote (up to chapter 6) Dear darkmoore, This is just a brief note, as I have to go now, but I will most certainly be finishing the rest of this off over the next couple of days: Well, what can I say? This is amazing so far! I don't think I've laughed out loud at a HP fic for some time now, and this one really does take the biscuit, and as long as Harry doesn't end up with dear Edwina (!!), then things should be good...
Answer - Edwina is in reality over 100 years old, a bit old for Harry really. Then again I've heard older women make beautiful lovers. Not that I would know. :)
jwbartle wrote Interesting couple of chapters. I can't wait to find out who harry has a cruch on!
Answer - That'll beb happening when it happens, first the new term has to start and as you just read, I'm gonna tease you about it for awhile.
neely61 wrote Still lovin' it. Keep it up. Just one opinion though, I don't feel that the MoM should have any control over closing down these schools. They may set the standards for education in the wizarding world but these are private schools funded by tuition and the bequest of their founders, at least as far as I can tell.
Answer - I would think so as well, but in OotP if Fudge has the power to put the toad woman (Umbridge) in, then I'd say they have more control of the school system (private or not) than we would like.
Little Miss Imperfect wrote No no no you don't suck as a writer at all! I was the person too lazy to log in.Thanks for the chapter, I really enjoyed reading it. Who could this teacher Harry fancies be? Professor Proctor? o0. No, Harry used she...can't wait to see who it is. Or is there something i'm not getting? oh well.Keep writing and "keep up the good work". One of the few after Hogwarts stories that aren't complete rubbish. YAY! ok, i'll shut up now
Answer - You've not missed much as yet. However, you must not be reading the author notes, because there seems to be a list of four people everyone is guessing at to be Harry's new love. That would be Vesta, Fitzy, Charlotte and Draco. By the way, Harry isn't gay, so Draco is just not getting any!
Mindfunk wrote (a lot), I'm not even going to paste it in its sooooooo much.
Answer - Xander is a Veela for a reason, thats why its there. I made Draco a Veela, because I was working on an earlier story that never got off the ground and he was a Veela in it. However, to help you out bit, Honey, you're way over analyzing my crazy arse. :) But your right, I do crank things out to fast.
Wytil wrote By the way, we seem to have left Virginia Weasley out after mentioning her running the orphanage. Surely She and Harry (since he is a major financier) would have some kind of communication on the status on the children every 6 to 12 months at least on a chatty side. Remember they were good friends and allies!
Answer - Your right, I did forget poor dear Ginny Weasley. Actually Harry probably gets owl post from his friends and business associates on a regular basis, but I haven't mentioned those letters, as they weren't part of the story. Your right, Ginny would have gotten him a christmas present, my bad.
By Darkmoore
Harry opened the envelope to see the birth announcement of Bill & Fleur Weasley's first child, a son named Armand Arthur Weasley.
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Chapter Seventeen: The New Term Starts
The last week of the holiday pass in a blur of fun and excitement, after a very somber funeral for Jude Larson that is, as Harry and the boys went sledding, had snowball fights and flew their brooms around the pitch. Also during this week, Harry sent Hedwig with letters to various Weasley clan members, but especially to Bill and Fleur congratulating them on the birth of their son, Armand.
"Armand," Harry mused to himself after Hedwig had left, "Oh Bill how I envy you, you have a son and you'll be a great dad too." Then he paused and thought, 'I'm not sure I would even know where to begin.'
Shortly after he sent off his faithful owl, two young boys, found him and once again there was fun to found in the snow.
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On the last day of the holiday the train carrying all the students was due to return to Honeychurch Station and all the carriages had been dispatched down the cobblestone way to meet them and bring them all home. The Returning Feast was not a grand celebration, but always a great meal intended to make everyone feel welcome before the new term began. So the house elves were working very hard to make it a special meal for the students.
Harry, however, had several very important last minute projects to complete before the students arrived. Together, he and Dobby began to create another, partial map of the castle. This map only included the secret passage, the corridor leading to the south tower and the common room of Brutus House. It didn't take them very long to make this map, since it only covered a small area. When it was complete, Harry used a permanent sticking charm and attached it to the wall on the inside of the entrance to the passage. He only finished just in time to make it to the dining hall as the students were coming in for the Returning Feast. Very satisfied with himself, Harry relaxed and enjoyed himself and engaged Vesta and Fitzy in conversation about their holidays.
"So Fitzy what did Santa Claus bring you for Christmas this year?"
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On Monday morning Harry awoke feeling fresh and ready to put his latest scheme into action. He showered and dressed and went down to morning breakfast. As he ate and talked with his fellow teachers, Harry spotted Mr. Stahl and Mr. Gerard coming into the dining hall and sat at the table to also have something to eat.
After he had finished eating, Harry started to make his way to his office, but stopped by the two young men and he politely asked, "Good morning gentlemen, I was wondering if you two would do me a small favor today."
"Of course Professor, what do you need?" asked Mr. Stahl.
"Can the two of you," Harry said while pointing at both Mr. Stahl and Mr. Gerard, "stay after class this afternoon and help me with a small project I have going? It shouldn't to long to complete, I've been working on since yesterday and it's almost finished."
Both young men agreed and then Harry was off to his office.
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When class begun, Harry started out like he would have for any Monday morning by starting with the fifth years and began with a lecture for their O.W.L. revisions and then assigned them a four foot essay covering everything they learned form last term. Collectively they groaned, however, he took pity on them and after an hour he dismissed them and suggested going to the library before all the books were checked out that they might need.
Harry chuckled to himself as he remembered those days of endless revision and checked his map just in case the six of them decided to not take advantage of the time he offered to them. Luckily for them they were in the library not too long after they were dismissed.
Later that morning he also lectured the fourth years on the unforgivable curses. He wasn't sure if he scared them half out of their minds or not, but it was a thorough lecture and one he really didn't want to repeat anytime soon. For the first assignment of the term, he wanted an essay about the first curse on the list, the Imperius Curse and how to defend against it. Needless to say that by lunch time Professor Harry Potter was not too popular, but deep down the students still liked him.
"Harry?" Fitzy said as he sat down to have his lunch, "How much homework have you assigned the students today?
"Oh, not that much, no more than I was when I was there age. Why do you ask?" asked Harry with amusement.
"Why do I ask? You're giving them hand cramps on the first day. I thought you were going to stop doing that? She said with a half smile.
"Oh I did, but they've not done a thing for the past three weeks and I wanted to get their juices flowing again. Get their minds prepared for their upcoming examination. I will not have one of those students not doing well on their O.W.L.'s and their N.E.W.T.'s if I can help it." said Harry with conviction.
"I couldn't agree with you more Harry." Vesta said as took a seat on his other side. "I myself have already planned out what I'm going to pound into the heads of my fifth years after lunch is over."
Fitzy kept looking back and forth between the two of them and said, "You two are just mean."
"We may be mean, but they'll do well on our exams." the Potions Mistress said and then attacked her plate of food.
The rest of the lunch period itself went without incident and Harry never once assigned anyone homework. The students were pleased.
After lunch, however, was the double period with the sixth and seventh years and that was the class that Harry had not been looking forward to for the most the day. After the class had taken their seats and bell to begin afternoon classes had rung Harry began to lecture them on the Unforgivable Curses, just as he had with the fourth years earlier that day. However, this lecture came with a demonstration, which was the one part of his job Harry hated the most and had tried to get out of it, but the Headmistress had insisted that it was something they all needed to know about.
He took out a small cage with three rats in it, one white and two gray. Rats were the only creature Harry could ever bring himself to harm. Probably had something to do with Wormtail, but that was a therapy session for another day. Harry took out the white rat and placed it on the table he had conjured for this purpose and raised his wand at it and said, "Imperio." The first rat began to jump and dance around and did whatever Harry had mentally instructed it to do, causing many in the room to laugh.
"Do you all find that funny?" Harry asked a bit on the cold side. "If a dark wizard had cast that curse, then this could be you up here on display for another's pleasure." The students stopped laughing as Harry ended the curse and placed the first rat in another cage.
"However, the Imperius Curse can be blocked. It takes great will power and control over your own mind, but you can overcome the effects of that curse. It is the only one of the three that can be fought off."
With a very somber look on his face Harry began his lecture on the second Unforgivable Curse, and when he had finished he turned and took out one of the gray rats, placed it on the table, pointed his wand at it and said, "Crucio."
The sounds that came out of the rat were indescribable. The amount of torture the rat must have been feeling that seemed to be unending was horrible to the students. The sixth year, Francis Byrd, known as Flower to her friends ran to the waste can and threw up as Audrey Simmons screamed at Harry to stop.
Harry looked at Flower and sympathized with her. He wanted to throw up also, but gently picked the rat up and placed it with the white one in the other cage. Harry couldn't look at the class for a few moments; he was too busy remembering going through that himself.
"I pray to whatever gods can hear me today, that not a single one of you in this class room every have to know what that feels like." He said with a slightly shaking voice and continued, "it is the most horrid feeling in the world and there is nothing you can do to stop it. All you can do is pray it ends quickly or that you die quickly from it."
The third rat seemed to sense something bad was going to happen to it and tried to not get caught by the teacher who was using them for this demonstration. However, Harry did catch it and it to was placed on the table.
"The third and final of the three is the killing curse. Nothing can stop it. Nothing can save you. Only one person in recorded history has ever survived it, only one."
"Who was that Professor?" asked a very stunned Winnie Dodd.
"That would be me."
"Oh…" she replied.
"I never want to hear of any of you, ever doing what I'm about to do. Using any of these curses outside of strict Ministry controlled situations means an instant lifetime sentence in Azkaban or worse. You might be kissed by a Dementor."
He turned to the rat that had been trying to escape and cast the killing curse on it, "Avada Kedevra." The rat fell dead. No one in the room made a sound.
Then Harry said in a quite voice, "There are days it isn't worth getting out of bed, why don't we take a break for a little while." Then he went to his office door and left the room.
In his office Harry sat at his desk, placed his face in his hands and tried his best not to remember.
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Dobby, who knew already what today's lecture would cover, had been watching the whole time and when his Harry went into his office he took the time and cleared the rats and the table away and shooed the students into the hallway for them to have a break. Then he made sure everything in the classroom was prepared for when Harry returned to it.
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When Harry emerged from his office a short time later he abruptly changed the subject of that days lesson and had them review their Patronuses. However, after witnessing that lecture, no one really had the inclination to dig up any happy memories to conjure them with, but they tried. Everyone seemed to realize that no matter how hard that lesson had been on them, it was probably harder on their teacher.
Some time later after the double period ends, Harry had tried his best to get into a better mood, holds Mr. Stahl and Mr. Gerard back as the rest of the class leaves the room. When all of their classmates are gone, he turns to them and asks…
"Gentlemen," Harry began, "I was wondering if you two could tell me the truth about something." The two young men looked at each other confused, he continued, "Are you two in love with one another?"
Mr. Gerard looked like he was about to have a stroke, while Mr. Stahl calmly looked at Harry and said, "I'm very much in love with him, yes sir."
Then Mr. Gerard turned and looked at his boyfriend and said "Really Chet?" to which Mr. Stahl nodded.
"Excellent answers gentlemen." Harry said while clapping his hands together, "Now I understand that Professor Proctor may have a bit of a dislike for men such as yourselves and I wanted to help you out in that area." The two young men looked at Harry with confusion.
"If you'd be so kind as to follow me, I think you'll understand." Harry said with a smile.
Harry leads the two out of his class room, down the stairs and towards the entrance to Brutus House in the south tower. They almost reach the statue of Brutus Honeychurch, the guardian of the entrance of the tower common room when Harry stops them, takes his wand out and taps the wall in a certain spot and says, "Cupid's Arrow."
A hidden door in the walls opens to reveal a secret passage that leads down small spiral stairs to a secret room under the tower in the dungeons. Harry then explains, "These rooms were the original quarters of the head of house of Brutus House. However, when the practice of house heads fell out of favor to class sponsors these rooms had been abandoned and were completely forgotten. I only found them myself over the Christmas holidays and thought you two might like to make use of them."
Mr. Stahl surveyed the room and definitely saw possibilities, but Mr. Gerard was a bit more wary of the gift and said, "Are you really giving us a place to … well … you know?"
"Merlin I hope so." Mr. Stahl said with distinction causing Harry to laugh.
Before Mr. Gerard could continue, Harry stopped him, "Mr. Gerard, are you of legal sexual age?"
"Yes sir."
"Does the man you love have that same legal status?" Harry asked continuing on this thread.
"Well, yes sir."
"Well then, it doesn't matter what anyone else in the world thinks then now does it? Including me. I'm not telling you to do anything against your better judgment. I'm now telling you or Mr. Stahl you have to even use this room or return to it ever again. What I am saying is this is here if you have a need for it. Only the three of us know about this room and I have no intention or need to return to it again and whatever you do with it is your business. Wouldn't you agree with that Mr. Stahl?" Harry said
"YES SIR!" Mr. Stahl said enthusiastically.
"Well then I'll leave you to it." Said Harry and started to walk back up the steps, but stopped, turned and said, "Oh by the way, there is a piece of parchment that I've created that's been permanently attached to the wall by the exit. Just tap your wands to it and say 'I solemnly swear I want to get away with it' and it will reveal a map of the surrounding corridors so that no one sees you leaving this room."
Then Harry went up the stairs, exited the passage and went about his day leaving the two young men alone.
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After giving the two young men their chance at love, Harry had hoped he had evened the scales for he had done to those rats in class today. Perhaps providing a chance to love and to live would get him by causing pain and death once more.
He had barely held it together while he took the boys to that room and now he was sitting in his sitting room in this quarters having a private supper which Dobby had provided to him and then read a good book for awhile by the fire as Sirius and Dobby watched him in case he needed something or just needed to talk.
Then after a very long day, Harry goes to bed and hopefully he wouldn't dream.
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He was standing in his class room teaching his pupils, the day is bright and the air is warm and he is happy to be lecturing them on something they need to know for their upcoming exams. Then she walks in looking more beautiful than he had ever known a woman to look and lust and passion consume him at the sight of her. Suddenly they are alone in the class room and he is standing there naked before her. Harry walks to her picks her up and carries this enchanting creature to his desk that he clears the top of with a sweep of his arm and he slowly begins to undress her. He longs for her, he desires her, and he wants to touch her, to kiss her, to … well know where this is going. His breath becomes ragged and his skin a bit clammy as he wants this woman under him on his desk in his class room and then as he has her robes undone and he is about to take her…
Harry wakes up abruptly and sits up in his bed alone in his quarters, panting and out of breath. Slowly it dawns on him what has just happened and he pulls the covers of his bed back and pulls the elastic waist band of his Muggle boxers and says to himself, "Damn it, I'm too old for this." and grabs his wand and does a quick cleaning spell.
To Be Continued…
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Author's Note: To everyone who reviewed, thanks again...
I don't know about you, but this chapter have me a splitting head ache. :)
athenakitty wrote Klump's going to be reading a few things? How will Jude take to the idea of being freed? Who's next on the baby parade? Will Harry finally get his girl? Will Rita's secret be known?
Answer - Athena, what are you talking about? I was home sick with cold, so I maybe off kilter also. Jude Larson moved on to where ever people go when the die. He's gone. Edwina is looking up his dates of birth and death for the marker. Baby parade? Is someone pregnant? Did someone forget their Prophilaxis Potion? tee hee
TuxedoMac wrote well I see that now about the whole age thing but it was one of those things you never knew about. this chaptor was a wonderful one with the way the ghost was so happy. that gave it a nice touch of happyness. I was wonding if somthings going to happen with them trying to close the school or somthing. any how just got to say i enjoyed this chaptor alot.
Answer - You know I never tell my secrets before they happen. :)
The Libran Iniquity wrote (up to chapter 6) Dear darkmoore, This is just a brief note, as I have to go now, but I will most certainly be finishing the rest of this off over the next couple of days: Well, what can I say? This is amazing so far! I don't think I've laughed out loud at a HP fic for some time now, and this one really does take the biscuit, and as long as Harry doesn't end up with dear Edwina (!!), then things should be good...
Answer - Edwina is in reality over 100 years old, a bit old for Harry really. Then again I've heard older women make beautiful lovers. Not that I would know. :)
jwbartle wrote Interesting couple of chapters. I can't wait to find out who harry has a cruch on!
Answer - That'll beb happening when it happens, first the new term has to start and as you just read, I'm gonna tease you about it for awhile.
neely61 wrote Still lovin' it. Keep it up. Just one opinion though, I don't feel that the MoM should have any control over closing down these schools. They may set the standards for education in the wizarding world but these are private schools funded by tuition and the bequest of their founders, at least as far as I can tell.
Answer - I would think so as well, but in OotP if Fudge has the power to put the toad woman (Umbridge) in, then I'd say they have more control of the school system (private or not) than we would like.
Little Miss Imperfect wrote No no no you don't suck as a writer at all! I was the person too lazy to log in.Thanks for the chapter, I really enjoyed reading it. Who could this teacher Harry fancies be? Professor Proctor? o0. No, Harry used she...can't wait to see who it is. Or is there something i'm not getting? oh well.Keep writing and "keep up the good work". One of the few after Hogwarts stories that aren't complete rubbish. YAY! ok, i'll shut up now
Answer - You've not missed much as yet. However, you must not be reading the author notes, because there seems to be a list of four people everyone is guessing at to be Harry's new love. That would be Vesta, Fitzy, Charlotte and Draco. By the way, Harry isn't gay, so Draco is just not getting any!
Mindfunk wrote (a lot), I'm not even going to paste it in its sooooooo much.
Answer - Xander is a Veela for a reason, thats why its there. I made Draco a Veela, because I was working on an earlier story that never got off the ground and he was a Veela in it. However, to help you out bit, Honey, you're way over analyzing my crazy arse. :) But your right, I do crank things out to fast.
Wytil wrote By the way, we seem to have left Virginia Weasley out after mentioning her running the orphanage. Surely She and Harry (since he is a major financier) would have some kind of communication on the status on the children every 6 to 12 months at least on a chatty side. Remember they were good friends and allies!
Answer - Your right, I did forget poor dear Ginny Weasley. Actually Harry probably gets owl post from his friends and business associates on a regular basis, but I haven't mentioned those letters, as they weren't part of the story. Your right, Ginny would have gotten him a christmas present, my bad.