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A Different Life
Chapter 13 - Punishments and Warnings
Harry awoke the next morning feeling every bone in his body ached. He looked at the clock next to his bed as saw that it was 8:30am. He had slept in. He slowly got up, even though most of his muscles were clearly against it.
He found that he couldn't change his shirt. His arms simply would not lift above his head. So he headed down to the kitchen, just wearing some casual pants and his same pyjama shirt.
He ate a couple of pieces of toast and then headed down to the dungeon, remembering that he hadn't finished cleaning it yet and set to work. He wanted to finish before Severus got up.
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Harry was just putting the last potion bottle on the shelf when Severus entered the room, looking around in amazement at the now sparkling clean storage room.
"I know that you asked for me to clean up your storage room and I didn't finish it because I fell asleep last night, I guess I was more tired then I thought, so I decided to finish it this morning." Harry said, looking around at the room, admiring his handy work. He was quite proud of finishing it.
Severus smiled and indicated for him to follow him into the kitchen.
"Now tell me Harry-" Severus began, as he began getting food out of cupboards, not looking directly at Harry. "-why are you still wearing your pyjama shirt? I don't think it was a great idea to go cleaning in it, though taking my wand, using magic and flying on your own wasn't a good idea either." Severus said, giving Harry a pointed stare.
Harry turned red slightly. "I had a bit of a problem lifting my arms above my head."
Severus raised an eyebrow at him, not understanding why he wouldn't be able to lift his arms above his head.
"Hey! It's not easy to spend over 3 hours doing the same thing over and over, especially something you are not used to doing! It was just a bit of a shock for my muscles!" Harry said rubbing some of the muscles in his arms a bit as he said it.
Severus walked out of the kitchen and came back a moment later with a potion. He gave it to Harry and told him to drink it.
Harry did and although it looked like something vile, it didn't taste too bad, and afterwards he felt as though every muscle had relaxed. He felt a lot better.
"Thanks" Harry said to Severus before heading up to his room to get changed.
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Harry spent the rest of his summer vacation mornings not doing much. He slept in longer then he normally did, and spent most of the day saving up his energy for what Severus would make him do that night. He made a point of making sure he always completed it, no matter how impossible it seemed. Though lately he had just been helping Severus make potions, he got the feeling that Severus had run out of punishments and that making potions was an easy way out.
Harry was no longer mad at Severus for the very harsh punishment he had received, he knew that what he did was wrong, and he defiantly knew that he would never take Severus' wand again or ride his broom without asking first.
Harry continued to owl Ron, knowing that there was still a week left of his punishment.
That morning was different to the others because when Harry walked into the kitchen to get some toast someone was there sitting in one of the chairs.
"Remus?" Harry asked, running over to the man and smiling at him.
"Harry! You're up, I thought you would have been up earlier then this! Did you have a late night last night?" Remus asked, looking at Harry's face to see if he had bags under his eyes or not.
"I've actually been sleeping in this late every morning, Severus' detentions seem to wear me out." Harry responded, going over to the counter to get some bread.
"Detentions?" Remus' asked confused as to why Harry would be in trouble.
"Yeah, a couple of weeks ago Ron came over, and we wanted to ride the brooms, so I sort of took Severus' wand, used magic to open the cupboard door, and then Ron and I rode around on them for a while without any supervision while Severus was still sleeping." Harry said, smiling guiltily at Remus.
Remus laughed.
"You truly are James' son Harry. So Severus gave you detention?" Remus asked.
"Yep, I have detention with him four hours every night of the summer holidays, and I have been told I can't see Ron until after summer holidays are finished. As you can imagine I wasn't very happy with him." Harry said, shaking his head at the thought.
Remus smiled "Well only one week left and then you can think of your next adventure to pull on Severus." Remus said smiling at the look of wonderment that went over Harry's face.
"Don't even think about it Harry or your next punishment will make this one seem like a walk in the park." Severus growled, entering the kitchen. "And you-" he said pointing a finger in Remus' direction. "-don't encourage him."
Remus smiled innocently at Severus, and then winked at Harry.
After a moments silence Severus spoke again.
"Now why are you here in my kitchen Lupin?" Severus asked as he magically made coffee appear in his mug, then he took a seat across from Remus.
"I'm actually here to say goodbye." Remus replied, looking at Harry.
"Goodbye?" Harry asked, immediately turning around from what he was doing to look at him.
"Yeah, I'm leaving tonight to go visit some old family friends and I won't be back until after Christmas, possibly later then that." Remus said, looking sadly at Harry.
"WHAT? Why?" Harry asked shocked.
"Family business Harry, you don't need to concern yourself with it. I actually best be going now, I've still got a bit to pack before I leave, I just wanted to stop by and let you know in person." Remus said about to get up but stopped as Harry went over to him and gave him a big hug.
"I'll miss you... I'll owl you all the time." Harry said sadly.
"I'll miss you too Harry and you better owl me! I want to hear about every prank that you pull while I'm away! " Remus said, and then he pulled away from Harry and smiled at him.
Remus then got up and was about to leave when he turned to Severus.
"Make sure you take good care of him."
Severus only nodded once at him, and then Remus was gone.
Harry looked sadly at the spot Remus' had been standing only moments before and then turned back to his breakfast. A dark cloud hovering over him.
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The last week went quickly and soon Harry was getting ready leave to Hogwarts. He couldn't wait. This year they were only going to get there a day before everyone else, Harry didn't know why they were going back so late this year, Harry didn't know if it was because Severus wanted to make sure his punishment lasted longer, or if just because there was no reason to go earlier.
Harry had only just begun to use the floo powder by himself. At Hogwarts, if you were to come from a ministry building, you went straight to Dumbledore's fireplace, but if you came from anywhere else that was set up with the Hogwarts floo system you could end up anywhere in the castle that had a fire going.
Luckily they ended up in a classroom which had the fire going close to the Dungeons so they didn't have to walk far.
The next night all the students were arriving so Severus mostly spent the day finishing last minute work or meeting with Dumbledore.
Harry walked around the castle a bit but it wasn't the same without seeing all the students around. He finally made his way to his room and decided on an early night.
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That morning Harry went outside to visit Hagrid. He wondered what animals he had seen while he was in the Forbidden Forest, Hagrid often told him stories of creatures he had seen in their.
Once Harry was standing outside his hut he knocked loudly. After a moment of nothing he tried again, yelling Hagrid's name.
Finally Harry concluded that Hagrid wasn't there and left.
He decided to walk around the school, get re-acquainted with it.
He just past the staff room when he heard someone yelling, he hesitated but finally entered to find Severus yelling at what must have been Professor Quirrell, they were the only two in there. As soon as they caught site of him Severus stopped.
"Harry, what do you think you're doing in HERE? Go to your room!" Severus yelled at him.
Harry was shocked. Severus hardly ever yelled at him for no reason.
"But-" Harry started but was cut off.
"NOW!" Severus bellowed.
Harry quickly ran out of the room, not looking back.
He however did not go back to his room, but to the Owlery, wanting to see his owl.
Harry sat there with Owl, wondering what had gotten into Severus. Why was he yelling at Professor Quirrell? Not before long it was time for him to go to the Great Hall, to see the Sorting Ceremony.
He didn't have to wear robes since he wasn't a student or a teacher, so he just went straight to the Great Hall.
He hadn't seen Severus since that morning and upon entering he saw that he was one of the first there. There were only a few teachers there. Professor Sprout was talking to what must have been Professor Quirrell, Professor Flitwick was talking with Madam Hooch and Dumbledore was just sitting and smiling to himself.
As soon as Harry entered Dumbledore ushered his over.
Harry walked over smiling slightly.
"Harry, how was your holiday?" Dumbledore asked, not having seen Harry all summer holiday except for his birthday.
"Well except for the detentions it was good." Harry said smiling now at what he had done.
"Ah yes, I heard about that." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled at Harry, though he tried to look disapproving at him.
Harry smiled even wider but stopped at he felt a sharp pain in his head.
"Are you okay Harry?" Dumbledore asked concern in his voice.
"Yeah it's just a headache" Harry answered, closing his eyes and rubbing his head.
"Perhaps you should see Poppy, I'm sure she has something that will help." Dumbledore said kindly.
Harry was about to say no when the pain intensified a notch.
"I think I'll do that, can you tell Severus where I've-" Harry started but stopped when he saw Dumbledore nodding that he would.
"Thanks..." Harry said leaving, making his way down to the Hospital Wing.
Once he reached the doors his head wasn't hurting as much as it had been but he decided that it was still enough to bother him. He touched his head, well his scar to feel something wet on his fingers, moving more into the light he saw that it was blood.
How had that happened? He began to wonder but Madam Pomfrey's cry alerted him that she had seen him.
She rushed over to him and gave him some potions, as well as cleaning up the blood, she then told him to lie down for a while, all the while asking him questions about what had happened, questions he of course didn't know the answers to.
By the time she had finished healing him she told him to get some sleep. He didn't want to because he wanted to see the sorting but he guessed that it had probably already half over so he laid there and he soon fell asleep, wondering why his head had been bleeding.
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The next morning Harry awoke to movement around him.
He squinted his eyes to see who it was but without his glasses he couldn't see well enough.
He reached out for his glasses but the person beat him to it, placing them in his hand and then what sounded like sitting down, probably in the chair by his bed. He knew what the hospital wing looked like off by heart by now.
He placed them on and saw Severus sitting there, looking intently at Harry.
"Hows your head?" He asked, looking at Harry's scar.
"Umm, fine..." Harry answered wearily. It was feeling a lot better but he was feeling uncomfortable under Severus' gaze.
"Well Pomfrey says you can leave anytime now, so I would like you to accompany me to the Dungeons if you feel up to it. I would like to talk to you in private."
Harry nodded and slowly got out of bed.
After Harry got changed they made there way to the dungeons.
Once in there Severus waved his wand and food appeared in front of them both.
Harry smiled, only then realising how hungry he was and dug in.
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Once he was finished he watched Severus for a while, and then asked the question he wanted to know.
"Why were you yelling at Professor Quirrell before?"
Severus looked a bit uncomfortable for a moment but then said something that Harry was not expecting.
"I don't want you to go to any class without telling me, and I don't want you to go to any DADA classes anymore" Severus looked straight into Harry's eyes to prove that he was being serious.
"WHAT!" Harry yelled, knowing that DADA was his favourite class.
"You heard me Harry" Severus said sternly
"Why?" Harry asked, sounding sad
"Just trust me on this" Severus answered, and then got up and began to pace around the dungeon.
Harry nodded, disappointment showing on his face
"If you want to learn DADA I'm sure I can help you" Severus said reluctantly.
Harry face brightened a bit more, which Severus took as a good thing.
"And I don't want you to be left alone with Quirrell, no exceptions Harry." Severus said, stopping his pacing and staring intently at Harry.
Harry looked at Severus suspiciously.
"Why?"
"Because I don't want you to, so promise me you won't be around him alone and you will always inform me of where you are." Severus advanced on Harry, but continued to stare into his eyes.
Harry narrowed his eyes at Severus in confusion
"O-okay" Harry replied, trying to think why Severus wouldn't want him around Professor Quirrell.
"And if I find out that you have gone against this promise, there will be hell to pay."
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While Severus was talking to his class which was first years, which Harry knew all they were about to learn, Harry tuned out, thinking about what Severus had said. He hadn't even spoken with Professor Quirrell before, surely he couldn't be that bad.
After thinking it over for another few minutes, Harry got out some parchment and began to write a letter to Remus to see if he knew why Severus might be acting this way towards Professor Quirrell.
Once he finished it he folded it up and placed it in his pocket, planning to go to the Owlery before the next lesson started.
Harry watched the last bit of the lesson, smiling slightly at a student Severus was currently standing over, watching them like a hawk. They were visibly shaking. Harry felt sorry for the person. It was their first lesson ever at Hogwarts and they were probably already nervous, without Severus making them feel worse.
Harry got up and walked up to Severus, told him that he was going to the Owlery now and that he would come back when he was done, hoping to take some of the attention off the student, which he did since Severus turned his attention to Harry.
Severus looked sceptically at Harry for a moment before letting him go, knowing that Quirrell was in class and telling Harry to strictly go there and then straight back to the dungeons.
A Different Life
Chapter 13 - Punishments and Warnings
Harry awoke the next morning feeling every bone in his body ached. He looked at the clock next to his bed as saw that it was 8:30am. He had slept in. He slowly got up, even though most of his muscles were clearly against it.
He found that he couldn't change his shirt. His arms simply would not lift above his head. So he headed down to the kitchen, just wearing some casual pants and his same pyjama shirt.
He ate a couple of pieces of toast and then headed down to the dungeon, remembering that he hadn't finished cleaning it yet and set to work. He wanted to finish before Severus got up.
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Harry was just putting the last potion bottle on the shelf when Severus entered the room, looking around in amazement at the now sparkling clean storage room.
"I know that you asked for me to clean up your storage room and I didn't finish it because I fell asleep last night, I guess I was more tired then I thought, so I decided to finish it this morning." Harry said, looking around at the room, admiring his handy work. He was quite proud of finishing it.
Severus smiled and indicated for him to follow him into the kitchen.
"Now tell me Harry-" Severus began, as he began getting food out of cupboards, not looking directly at Harry. "-why are you still wearing your pyjama shirt? I don't think it was a great idea to go cleaning in it, though taking my wand, using magic and flying on your own wasn't a good idea either." Severus said, giving Harry a pointed stare.
Harry turned red slightly. "I had a bit of a problem lifting my arms above my head."
Severus raised an eyebrow at him, not understanding why he wouldn't be able to lift his arms above his head.
"Hey! It's not easy to spend over 3 hours doing the same thing over and over, especially something you are not used to doing! It was just a bit of a shock for my muscles!" Harry said rubbing some of the muscles in his arms a bit as he said it.
Severus walked out of the kitchen and came back a moment later with a potion. He gave it to Harry and told him to drink it.
Harry did and although it looked like something vile, it didn't taste too bad, and afterwards he felt as though every muscle had relaxed. He felt a lot better.
"Thanks" Harry said to Severus before heading up to his room to get changed.
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Harry spent the rest of his summer vacation mornings not doing much. He slept in longer then he normally did, and spent most of the day saving up his energy for what Severus would make him do that night. He made a point of making sure he always completed it, no matter how impossible it seemed. Though lately he had just been helping Severus make potions, he got the feeling that Severus had run out of punishments and that making potions was an easy way out.
Harry was no longer mad at Severus for the very harsh punishment he had received, he knew that what he did was wrong, and he defiantly knew that he would never take Severus' wand again or ride his broom without asking first.
Harry continued to owl Ron, knowing that there was still a week left of his punishment.
That morning was different to the others because when Harry walked into the kitchen to get some toast someone was there sitting in one of the chairs.
"Remus?" Harry asked, running over to the man and smiling at him.
"Harry! You're up, I thought you would have been up earlier then this! Did you have a late night last night?" Remus asked, looking at Harry's face to see if he had bags under his eyes or not.
"I've actually been sleeping in this late every morning, Severus' detentions seem to wear me out." Harry responded, going over to the counter to get some bread.
"Detentions?" Remus' asked confused as to why Harry would be in trouble.
"Yeah, a couple of weeks ago Ron came over, and we wanted to ride the brooms, so I sort of took Severus' wand, used magic to open the cupboard door, and then Ron and I rode around on them for a while without any supervision while Severus was still sleeping." Harry said, smiling guiltily at Remus.
Remus laughed.
"You truly are James' son Harry. So Severus gave you detention?" Remus asked.
"Yep, I have detention with him four hours every night of the summer holidays, and I have been told I can't see Ron until after summer holidays are finished. As you can imagine I wasn't very happy with him." Harry said, shaking his head at the thought.
Remus smiled "Well only one week left and then you can think of your next adventure to pull on Severus." Remus said smiling at the look of wonderment that went over Harry's face.
"Don't even think about it Harry or your next punishment will make this one seem like a walk in the park." Severus growled, entering the kitchen. "And you-" he said pointing a finger in Remus' direction. "-don't encourage him."
Remus smiled innocently at Severus, and then winked at Harry.
After a moments silence Severus spoke again.
"Now why are you here in my kitchen Lupin?" Severus asked as he magically made coffee appear in his mug, then he took a seat across from Remus.
"I'm actually here to say goodbye." Remus replied, looking at Harry.
"Goodbye?" Harry asked, immediately turning around from what he was doing to look at him.
"Yeah, I'm leaving tonight to go visit some old family friends and I won't be back until after Christmas, possibly later then that." Remus said, looking sadly at Harry.
"WHAT? Why?" Harry asked shocked.
"Family business Harry, you don't need to concern yourself with it. I actually best be going now, I've still got a bit to pack before I leave, I just wanted to stop by and let you know in person." Remus said about to get up but stopped as Harry went over to him and gave him a big hug.
"I'll miss you... I'll owl you all the time." Harry said sadly.
"I'll miss you too Harry and you better owl me! I want to hear about every prank that you pull while I'm away! " Remus said, and then he pulled away from Harry and smiled at him.
Remus then got up and was about to leave when he turned to Severus.
"Make sure you take good care of him."
Severus only nodded once at him, and then Remus was gone.
Harry looked sadly at the spot Remus' had been standing only moments before and then turned back to his breakfast. A dark cloud hovering over him.
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The last week went quickly and soon Harry was getting ready leave to Hogwarts. He couldn't wait. This year they were only going to get there a day before everyone else, Harry didn't know why they were going back so late this year, Harry didn't know if it was because Severus wanted to make sure his punishment lasted longer, or if just because there was no reason to go earlier.
Harry had only just begun to use the floo powder by himself. At Hogwarts, if you were to come from a ministry building, you went straight to Dumbledore's fireplace, but if you came from anywhere else that was set up with the Hogwarts floo system you could end up anywhere in the castle that had a fire going.
Luckily they ended up in a classroom which had the fire going close to the Dungeons so they didn't have to walk far.
The next night all the students were arriving so Severus mostly spent the day finishing last minute work or meeting with Dumbledore.
Harry walked around the castle a bit but it wasn't the same without seeing all the students around. He finally made his way to his room and decided on an early night.
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That morning Harry went outside to visit Hagrid. He wondered what animals he had seen while he was in the Forbidden Forest, Hagrid often told him stories of creatures he had seen in their.
Once Harry was standing outside his hut he knocked loudly. After a moment of nothing he tried again, yelling Hagrid's name.
Finally Harry concluded that Hagrid wasn't there and left.
He decided to walk around the school, get re-acquainted with it.
He just past the staff room when he heard someone yelling, he hesitated but finally entered to find Severus yelling at what must have been Professor Quirrell, they were the only two in there. As soon as they caught site of him Severus stopped.
"Harry, what do you think you're doing in HERE? Go to your room!" Severus yelled at him.
Harry was shocked. Severus hardly ever yelled at him for no reason.
"But-" Harry started but was cut off.
"NOW!" Severus bellowed.
Harry quickly ran out of the room, not looking back.
He however did not go back to his room, but to the Owlery, wanting to see his owl.
Harry sat there with Owl, wondering what had gotten into Severus. Why was he yelling at Professor Quirrell? Not before long it was time for him to go to the Great Hall, to see the Sorting Ceremony.
He didn't have to wear robes since he wasn't a student or a teacher, so he just went straight to the Great Hall.
He hadn't seen Severus since that morning and upon entering he saw that he was one of the first there. There were only a few teachers there. Professor Sprout was talking to what must have been Professor Quirrell, Professor Flitwick was talking with Madam Hooch and Dumbledore was just sitting and smiling to himself.
As soon as Harry entered Dumbledore ushered his over.
Harry walked over smiling slightly.
"Harry, how was your holiday?" Dumbledore asked, not having seen Harry all summer holiday except for his birthday.
"Well except for the detentions it was good." Harry said smiling now at what he had done.
"Ah yes, I heard about that." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled at Harry, though he tried to look disapproving at him.
Harry smiled even wider but stopped at he felt a sharp pain in his head.
"Are you okay Harry?" Dumbledore asked concern in his voice.
"Yeah it's just a headache" Harry answered, closing his eyes and rubbing his head.
"Perhaps you should see Poppy, I'm sure she has something that will help." Dumbledore said kindly.
Harry was about to say no when the pain intensified a notch.
"I think I'll do that, can you tell Severus where I've-" Harry started but stopped when he saw Dumbledore nodding that he would.
"Thanks..." Harry said leaving, making his way down to the Hospital Wing.
Once he reached the doors his head wasn't hurting as much as it had been but he decided that it was still enough to bother him. He touched his head, well his scar to feel something wet on his fingers, moving more into the light he saw that it was blood.
How had that happened? He began to wonder but Madam Pomfrey's cry alerted him that she had seen him.
She rushed over to him and gave him some potions, as well as cleaning up the blood, she then told him to lie down for a while, all the while asking him questions about what had happened, questions he of course didn't know the answers to.
By the time she had finished healing him she told him to get some sleep. He didn't want to because he wanted to see the sorting but he guessed that it had probably already half over so he laid there and he soon fell asleep, wondering why his head had been bleeding.
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The next morning Harry awoke to movement around him.
He squinted his eyes to see who it was but without his glasses he couldn't see well enough.
He reached out for his glasses but the person beat him to it, placing them in his hand and then what sounded like sitting down, probably in the chair by his bed. He knew what the hospital wing looked like off by heart by now.
He placed them on and saw Severus sitting there, looking intently at Harry.
"Hows your head?" He asked, looking at Harry's scar.
"Umm, fine..." Harry answered wearily. It was feeling a lot better but he was feeling uncomfortable under Severus' gaze.
"Well Pomfrey says you can leave anytime now, so I would like you to accompany me to the Dungeons if you feel up to it. I would like to talk to you in private."
Harry nodded and slowly got out of bed.
After Harry got changed they made there way to the dungeons.
Once in there Severus waved his wand and food appeared in front of them both.
Harry smiled, only then realising how hungry he was and dug in.
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Once he was finished he watched Severus for a while, and then asked the question he wanted to know.
"Why were you yelling at Professor Quirrell before?"
Severus looked a bit uncomfortable for a moment but then said something that Harry was not expecting.
"I don't want you to go to any class without telling me, and I don't want you to go to any DADA classes anymore" Severus looked straight into Harry's eyes to prove that he was being serious.
"WHAT!" Harry yelled, knowing that DADA was his favourite class.
"You heard me Harry" Severus said sternly
"Why?" Harry asked, sounding sad
"Just trust me on this" Severus answered, and then got up and began to pace around the dungeon.
Harry nodded, disappointment showing on his face
"If you want to learn DADA I'm sure I can help you" Severus said reluctantly.
Harry face brightened a bit more, which Severus took as a good thing.
"And I don't want you to be left alone with Quirrell, no exceptions Harry." Severus said, stopping his pacing and staring intently at Harry.
Harry looked at Severus suspiciously.
"Why?"
"Because I don't want you to, so promise me you won't be around him alone and you will always inform me of where you are." Severus advanced on Harry, but continued to stare into his eyes.
Harry narrowed his eyes at Severus in confusion
"O-okay" Harry replied, trying to think why Severus wouldn't want him around Professor Quirrell.
"And if I find out that you have gone against this promise, there will be hell to pay."
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While Severus was talking to his class which was first years, which Harry knew all they were about to learn, Harry tuned out, thinking about what Severus had said. He hadn't even spoken with Professor Quirrell before, surely he couldn't be that bad.
After thinking it over for another few minutes, Harry got out some parchment and began to write a letter to Remus to see if he knew why Severus might be acting this way towards Professor Quirrell.
Once he finished it he folded it up and placed it in his pocket, planning to go to the Owlery before the next lesson started.
Harry watched the last bit of the lesson, smiling slightly at a student Severus was currently standing over, watching them like a hawk. They were visibly shaking. Harry felt sorry for the person. It was their first lesson ever at Hogwarts and they were probably already nervous, without Severus making them feel worse.
Harry got up and walked up to Severus, told him that he was going to the Owlery now and that he would come back when he was done, hoping to take some of the attention off the student, which he did since Severus turned his attention to Harry.
Severus looked sceptically at Harry for a moment before letting him go, knowing that Quirrell was in class and telling Harry to strictly go there and then straight back to the dungeons.